Category: Agriculture
African Development Bank to Finance Sudan Emergency Wheat Production Project
By African Development Bank Published January 14, 2023 African Development Bank has approved US$73.81 million to finance the Sudan Emergency Wheat Production Project under its African Emergency Food Production Facility. Agriculture is the backbone of the Sudanese economy, accounting for 60% of total national exports and generating a third of its gross domestic product. It…
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Finance Small-Scale Farmers
By Irene Gaitirira Published June 26, 2022 Though small-scale farmers produce one-third of the world’s food, they receive only 1.7 per cent of climate finance. UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) argues that helping small-scale farmers adapt to the impact of the climate crisis is more urgent than ever. “If we leave small-scale farmers…
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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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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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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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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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