The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) have signed a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating agricultural transformation in Nigeria through climate-smart farming, institutional reforms and large-scale financing. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Abuja by Elsie Attafuah and Ayodeji Oludare Sotinrin. The partnership will align BOA’s revitalisation agenda with ...

By Brandon Moss | AgriFocus Africa Across Africa’s post-conflict states, rebuilding agriculture has emerged as both an economic imperative and a cornerstone of long-term peace. Increasingly, universities are at the forefront of this recovery—moving beyond lecture halls to rehabilitate land, rebuild farming systems, and embed sustainable, community-centred agricultural practices. From Mozambique to South Sudan and ...

For decades, Africa’s agribusiness narrative has been shaped largely by discussions around food aid, productivity gaps, and the vulnerability of smallholder farmers. While these challenges are real, they often mask a deeper structural constraint holding back the sector: weak and unreliable market institutions. According to Bharat Kulkarni, Africa’s challenge is not simply low production, but ...