Smallholder farmers in the country have been encouraged to embrace Agricultural Commercialization (AGCOM 2) Project which is said to be ideal for transformation of the country in line with Malawi 2063 Agenda. This is according to the Director at the Department of Agriculture Extension Services (DAES) in the Ministry of Agriculture who was speaking on ...

By Grace Oluchi Mbah, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Climate Action Africa Nigeria, a nation brimming with potential, faces a significant challenge: climate change. In 2023, Nigeria recorded a decline in rainfall to about 1061 millimeters (mm) compared to 2022, which was about 1137.078 millimeters (mm). These erratic rainfall patterns, combined with rising sea levels of 0.5 ...

The African Development Bank provides The Gambia with additional funding to bolster agricultural production and food security. The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group, granted an additional $16.08 million on March 4, to The Gambia to bolster its ongoing Agriculture and Food Security Project, launched in 2021. GASFP (Global Agriculture and Food Security ...

By Giza Mdoe AfDB issue $27.9 million grant for development of agricultural value chains in Ghana’s Savannah region Another AGRA nightmare: The African Development Fund has committed itself to funding the Ghana Savannah Agriculture Value Chain Development Project to improve Africa’s food security. The project is a ‘green revolution’ that conjures ill memories of the ...

By Gabriel Ewepu As food prices remain unabated across the country President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, launched $575 million Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project, RAAMP, to provide roads for farmers and boost rural economy Buhari who was represented by the Governor of Borno State, Prof Babagana Zulum, in his speech vowed to leave no Nigeria ...

ActionAid International Malawi has disclosed that 44, 000 farmers have benefitted from Kulima Better – a five-year project whose overall objective was to promote sustainable agricultural growth to increase incomes, employment and food security in Malawi in the context of climate change. The programme, which phases out in December 2022, had three components: Increase in ...