The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is calling on African countries to increase investment in agroecology as the continent seeks to strengthen food security, build climate resilience and develop more sustainable agrifood systems. Dr Hussein Gadain, FAO Representative in Nigeria and ECOWAS, made the call at the final conference of the Agricultural ...

A three-day regional workshop in Johannesburg is helping African countries strengthen the management and protection of agricultural heritage systems while promoting sustainable farming practices and knowledge sharing. The capacity-building programme on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) brings together government officials, national focal points, site representatives, researchers, civil society organisations and agricultural experts from English-speaking ...

FAO hosts high-level event marking 10 years of the Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture Agrifood systems and the people behind them are already under enormous strain in a world made hotter, drier and less predictable by climate change. A resilient agrifood system now is the strongest line of defense against escalating climate shocks, ...

The digital divide in African agriculture is threatening to prevent millions of smallholder farmers from benefiting from advances in artificial intelligence and other agricultural technologies, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The FAO estimates that fewer than 10% of African farmers currently have access to digital agricultural services, despite the growing use of ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is strengthening agricultural statistics across Africa to help governments make better-informed decisions on food security, agricultural development and sustainable agrifood systems. During the 2024–2025 biennium, the FAO Regional Office for Africa expanded its technical support across 47 countries, helping improve national data systems and build ...

Global hunger has continued to decline for the third consecutive year, yet Africa remains the region most affected by food insecurity, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report released by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The report estimates that approximately 7.8% of the world’s population ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Smart Africa Secretariat, has launched the third edition of the Innovate Africa Challenge, an initiative designed to accelerate the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that improve climate-smart agriculture across Africa. Under the theme “From Ideation to Deployment,” the 2026 challenge ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has urged governments, development partners and humanitarian organisations across Africa to strengthen preparedness measures as forecasts point to a significant intensification of the current El Niño weather pattern. Climate experts believe the phenomenon could become one of the strongest El Niño events recorded since 1950, bringing a heightened risk ...

By Desry Lesele, Senior Manager for Agribusiness Client Value Propositions at Nedbank Commercial Banking. For decades, farming has been built around physical things you can see and touch: land, machinery, storage systems, and long-standing relationships with suppliers and buyers. Those things still matter, but another layer is increasingly being added to the mix: digital platforms ...

Nigeria has begun validating its first National Agricultural Land and Soil Management Policy (NALSMP), a landmark initiative aimed at improving soil health, increasing agricultural productivity and strengthening climate resilience through data-driven farming practices. The Federal Government has commenced stakeholder consultations to validate the National Agricultural Land and Soil Management Policy (NALSMP), a framework designed to ...