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Of the more than Sh153 Billion earnings Kenya got from from horticulture in 2021, it is reported that Sh14.4 Billion and Sh3.6 Million came from avocados and bananas, respectively.

Kenya Launches Digital Marketing Strategy for Avocados and Bananas

By Abdi Ali Published June 3, 2022 Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya (FPC Kenya) has launched a digital marketing strategy and campaign to promote avocados and bananas in the local and international market. Okisegere Ojepat, Chief Executive Officer of FPC Kenya says the strategy, that has been developed in collaboration with United States Aid for…

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Satu Santala joins the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on December 1, 2021 as Associate Vice-President of External Relations and Governance

Give Food Producers Voice In Global Climate Fora

By Abdi Ali Published December 1, 2021 Though small-scale farmers produce one-third of global food and are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters and erratic weather, they are too often excluded from global forums that impact their lives. Satu Santala, who joins the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on December 1, 2021 as Associate…

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Beth Dunford calls on African and global leaders, as well as development organizations, to join the African Development Bank (AfDB)'s call for increased investments in agricultural technologies that boost Africa's food production and food security in the face of climate change.

Time to Invest in Africa’s Agriculture

By Beth Dunford Published October 17, 2021 Though more than six out of every 10 people in Sub-Saharan Africa work in the continent’s agriculture sector, the pace of the continent’s agricultural growth is not keeping up with Africa’s population growth and around 246 million Africans go to bed hungry every night. On this World Food…

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Associate Vice President of IFAD’s Strategy and Knowledge Department

Conserve Biodiversity to Tackle Climate Change

By Abdi Ali Published October 12, 2021 United Nations’ rural development agency, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has warned that unless biodiversity is conserved the world can’t adapt to climate change nor sustainably produce food. “We are at a critical juncture. If we lose biodiversity, we lose our ability to respond to hunger and…

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Pay Small-scale Farmers Decent Wages

By Irene Gaitirira Published September 23, 2021 Though small-scale farmers in developing countries grow a third of our global food, they are paid a pittance for their work. Terming it an outrage, United Nation’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has asked world leaders attending the UN Food Systems Summit in Rome, Italy, to improve…

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Mawira Chitima, IFAD Representative and Country Director for Ethiopia

Ethiopia Receives Funding to Safeguard Jobs and Livelihoods

By IFAD Published May 27, 2021 Ethiopia is set to receive EUR26.5 million worth of liquidity and debt relief to rural financial institutions to protect jobs and safeguard livelihoods during the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the European Union (EU) who are providing the funds say Ethiopia’s agriculture sector and…

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