Tag: WFP
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African Development Bank Launches $87 Million Project to Strengthen Sudan’s Agriculture Sector
BOOST project launch signing ceremony group photo with Bank Group and WFP colleagues including AfDB East Africa Director General Alex Mubiru (far left), WFP Sudan Country Director, Abdallah Alwardat (4thfrom L) and David Muthusi Mutuku, AfDB Sudan Country Manager (5th from L). SUDAN – The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the United Nations World ... -
Rebuilding the breadbasket: AFDB, UN World Food Programme (WFP) and IFPRI launch report on innovative investment in food systems in Northern Nigeria
“Investing in Innovative Food Systems Solutions in Challenging Contexts,” provides a roadmap for revitalizing northern Nigeria’s food systems ABUJA, Nigeria, October 11, 2025/ –– The African Development Bank (https://AfDB.org), in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), has released a new study urging coordinated and ... -
Nigeria–Brazil $1bn Agricultural Deal: Promise, Pitfalls, and the Path Forward
Vice President Kashim Shettima. Photo: State House A few days ago, Nigeria and Brazil formalized a $1 billion agreement under the Green Imperative initiative, aimed at transforming Nigeria’s agricultural sector. The deal, signed at the State House in Abuja during the 2nd Nigeria–Brazil Strategic Dialogue Mechanism, was led by Vice President Kashim Shettima and Brazil’s ... -
Food Insecurity an Unprecedented Crisis Worldwide
By Danielle Nierenberg Baltimore, Maryland — Last year, 343 million people were experiencing acute food insecurity, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). That’s 10 percent higher than in 2023. And in the midst of a food insecurity crisis around the world, funding is being slashed for programs on the front lines of delivering food ... -
Feeding Africa – Satellite Data for Food Insecurity in Africa, Excerpt
On July 11, 2024, Space in Africa hosted another episode of its webinar series, “Feeding Africa – Satellite Data for Food Insecurity in Africa.” The webinar provided insights into Africa’s food security challenge, how Africa is utilising space technology to address it, the innovative technologies in EO applications for food security in Africa, and immediate, ... -
World Food Program (WFP) to stop buying food in Nigeria until prices become stable
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has stated that it is reviewing its local food procurement and will only buy food in Nigeria when the prices become stable. The organisation disclosed this in a news release where he stated that a monitoring exercise in Borno, Yobe and Kano states revealed the skyrocketing inflation in ...
