Dakar, Senegal — At the 2025 Africa Food Systems Forum, Heifer International issued a powerful call to action: governments, donors, investors, and development partners must deepen their commitment to local partnerships if Africa is to unlock the full potential of its agricultural sector. Operating across 19 countries—including several in Africa—Heifer International emphasized that collaboration between ...

Dakar, Senegal The Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 concluded this week in Dakar, drawing over 6,000 delegates from 106 countries. Themed “Accelerating Youth-Led Agribusiness and Climate Resilience,” the event spotlighted innovation, investment, and policy reform across the continent’s food value chains. A major outcome was the announcement of a $6.7 million partnership between the UK ...

The 7th High-Level Breakfast Meeting of the Empowering Women in Agriculture (EWA)/Empowering Women in Agriculture (Dakar) The 7th High-Level Breakfast Meeting of the Empowering Women in Agriculture (EWA) initiative in line with the established mechanisms of the African Union Commission on Food and Security, aims to highlight and commend the significant strides made in empowering ...

Global Experts Meet at Panel Session at 2nd International Food Production Summit in Dakar to Close Agriculture Financing Gap and Address Barriers to Growing Financial Markets for Small and Medium Agricultural Enterprises (SMEs) I asked to speed up the method. The discussion comes amid supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in ...

Boosting food production at scale in Africa is achievable: thanks to heat-tolerant wheat varieties, Ethiopia’s wheat production increased from 50,000 hectares in 2018 to 400,000 hectares in 2022, turning the country into a net exporter of wheat. (Picture: TAAT project in Ethiopia). African heads of state and government together with development partners will gather in ...