As Africa races against time to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 and the Malabo Commitments to end hunger by 2025, the continent faces formidable challenges aggravated by climate change, inflation, and regional conflicts This article is sponsored by UN ECA The urgency to reevaluate financing mechanisms is increasingly recognized, with a growing ...

Overview The Global Agriculture Food and Security Program (GAFSP) was established as a response to the 2008/09 global food price crisis, following the G8 commitment in September 2009 in Pittsburgh to mobilize up to $20 billion for agricultural development and food security. The GAFSP is implemented as a Financial Intermediary Fund to address the underfunding ...

Moroccan Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, Mohamed Sadiki. Apr. 23, 2024. | Photo: X/@HespressFr “Food insecurity persists in Africa primarily because agricultural productivity has not kept pace with population growth.” The Moroccan Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, Mohamed Sadiki, called this Tuesday to increase the “very modest” investment in research in ...

April 10th, 2024/By Ben Payton/ Image : Yasuyoshi CHIBA/AFP There is little doubt that Africa has the potential to become a global agricultural powerhouse. With excellent growing conditions across large parts of the continent, a huge agricultural workforce and a relative abundance of land that could be converted for arable farming, Africa appears to possess ...

TOMRA Food has inaugurated a new center dedicated to fresh fruit and processed food projects. The location, in Valencia, is well connected and in the heart of a major horticultural and nut growing region. The center’s proximity to its customers and partners will enable the company to show the performance and benefits of its optical ...

•Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Cross River, Edo, Rivers, Kano, Niger, Kogi, Plateau, Benue others make list•Experts speak on way out Meet three-year-old boxing protege, Queen Annabel, who wants to fight professional boxing After admitting that 24.7 million Nigerians in 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have been hit and ...

Africa, along with the rest of the world, is facing a food crisis. Food shortages, caused by supply chain disruptions emanating from various events across the world, such as the Covid-19 pandemic and Ukraine-Russia conflict, have amplified long-term challenges to the sustainability of global food production, including population growth, climate change, and increased reliance on ...

Future-proofing Africa’s food supply requires greener production methods and the avoidance of food waste in order to meet the expected future demand for nutrition in a sustainable way. Africa, along with the rest of the world, is facing a food crisis. Food shortages, caused by supply chain disruptions emanating from various events across the world, ...

Nigeria By Jimoh Babatunde The Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria, Wouter Plomp, said the country had once faced the challenges of feeding a growing population with limited resources, just like Nigeria is facing now. But added that with innovation they were able to overcome the challenges. “The Netherlands, though a small nation, has a long and proud ...

Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, announced that the Japanese International Cooperation Agency is allocating ¥ 15 billion (approximately $99.1 million) to enhance food security in Nigeria by supporting its agricultural sector.  The Minister made this disclosure in a statement on Monday following the conclusion of the fourth FEC ...