The Federal Government of Nigeria is calling for a new approach to agricultural financing that combines public, private and concessional capital to accelerate the modernisation of agriculture across Africa. National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) Executive Secretary Mohammed Ibrahim made the call at the Africa Food Systems Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, during a plenary session on ...

Kenya has launched an ambitious KES1.081 trillion (approximately Sh21 trillion) National Agri-food Systems Investment Plan (NASIP) for 2026–2030, positioning itself to attract greater agricultural investment while accelerating food systems transformation across East Africa. The initiative is expected to intensify regional competition for agribusiness capital as neighbouring countries seek to strengthen their own agricultural sectors. The ...

The Zimbabwean government is developing a youth-focused agricultural investment plan that will run until 2030 as part of efforts to transform the country’s agricultural sector, create jobs and strengthen economic growth. The initiative forms part of Zimbabwe’s commitment to implementing the African Union’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Kampala Declaration, which seeks to accelerate ...

Southern African Development Community has emerged as Africa’s leading regional bloc in agricultural transformation after recording the continent’s highest performance score in the newly released 5th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Biennial Review Report. The report, launched by the African Union Commission’s Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment on May ...

Stellenbosch University is playing a leading role in a newly launched Africa-wide science-policy platform aimed at strengthening food systems, improving nutrition and accelerating evidence-based agricultural policy across the continent. The initiative, known as the Africa Regional Collaborative for Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH-ARC), was officially launched at the University of Ghana in Accra on 30 ...

By Emeka Christian Umunnakwe Africa’s ambition to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 will remain out of reach unless young people are deliberately positioned at the centre of food system transformation—not as beneficiaries of agricultural programmes, but as leaders across the entire value chain. For more than two decades, Africa’s food security agenda has been shaped ...

By Brandon Moss Deforestation across sub-Saharan Africa is accelerating at an alarming rate, with roughly 72 million hectares of forest lost between 2001 and 2023 — an area nearly as large as Kenya. The main cause? Expansion of agricultural land as farmers struggle to produce enough food on existing plots. This challenge highlights a critical ...

The Kampala CAADP Declaration, adopted at the African Union Extraordinary Summit held in Kampala in January 2025, marks a decisive shift in Africa’s agricultural policy architecture. Rather than functioning as a continuation of previous Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) frameworks, the Declaration reframes CAADP into a 10-year Strategy and Action Plan (2026–2035) designed to ...

By Brandon Moss The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) has made its first capital allocation under the Business Investment Financing Track (BIFT), committing $14 million to the African Development Bank (AfDB) as the start of a broader effort to unlock more than $200 million in private-sector finance for African smallholders. The allocation funds ...

Photo: FAO Mozambique /X Mozambique has officially launched the second phase of the Support to the Operationalization of the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy (STOSAR II), a strategic initiative aimed at transforming agriculture and agrifood systems across Southern Africa. The announcement was made on October 13 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries (MAAP), in ...