For decades, one of the biggest obstacles preventing African agriculture from reaching its full potential has been access to affordable finance. Despite contributing nearly 17% of the continent’s GDP and employing more than half of Africa’s workforce, agriculture continues to receive only a fraction of commercial lending, limiting investment in productivity, technology and expansion. Financial ...

Africa’s agricultural sector has long been recognised as the backbone of the continent’s economy, yet it remains one of the most underfunded industries despite employing more than half of Africa’s workforce and contributing around 17% to the continent’s gross domestic product (GDP). According to the World Bank, only about one percent of bank lending across ...

Nigeria is accelerating efforts to build a more resilient and efficient food system through a coordinated, data-driven agricultural planning framework under the National Agribusiness Policy Mechanism (NAPM). The initiative gained renewed momentum during a three-day NAPM Stakeholders’ Planning and Validation Workshop held in Ado Ekiti, where the Presidential Food Systems Coordinating Unit (PFSCU) convened federal ...

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is providing technical assistance to Liberia to address the country’s data needs and bridging the data gaps, especially in locations where collecting statistical data is not easy due to adverse weather events or difficulty in accessing remote locations. Having reliable and high-quality data on the ...