Employ Welfarist Policies and People-Centred Development in Tackling Poverty

Akinwumi Adesina, President of African Development Bank

Employ Welfarist Policies and People-Centred Development in Tackling Poverty

March 11, 2024March 11, 2024

By Abdi Ali Published March 11, 2024 Given the high levels of poverty in Africa, what is needed are welfarist policies that exponentially expand opportunities for all, reduce inequalities and improve the quality of life of people. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, has said this while receiving…

Dr Catherine Nakalembe, from Uganda, won the Prize for being a distinguished expert in the field of crop mapping and monitoring, using remote sensing and machine learning techniques. She also leads NASA Harvest Africa program at the University of Maryland, which provides methods and systems to smallholder farmers in Africa, enhancing their skills.

Kuwait’s Al-Sumait Prize for African Development Announces Winners

January 4, 2024January 4, 2024

By Khalifa Hemed Published January 4, 2024 The Al-Sumait Prize for African Development for 2022 has been awarded to Catherine Nakalembe and African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF). The Kenya-based AATF that is chaired by Professor Aggrey Ambali has won the Prize for its success in enabling small scale farmers in…

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

October 17, 2021

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…

Bernadette Mukonyora, IFAD Country Director for Eritrea and South Sudan, says:“This grant to South Sudan is a demonstration of IFAD’s commitment to support post-conflict countries under the framework of the humanitarian - development - peace nexus, and to safeguard food security by ensuring small-scale farmers continue their farming activities and build their resilience to external shocks."

South Sudan Farmers Receive Support Against COVID-19

May 23, 2021

By Khalifa Hemed Published May 23, 2021 A United Nations agency has given a grant to South Sudan to help cushion some 23 900 vulnerable rural people from the adverse impact of COVID-19 pandemic on their farming activities and livelihoods. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) says 4 780 households…

December 10, 2020

By Abdi Ali Published December 10, 2020 Some 1.7 million small-scale farmers in Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan will soon receive personalised agricultural advice through their mobile phones as a means to improve their incomes, food security and resilience to economic shocks caused by COVID-19. RELATED:Higher Education Conference Calls for Pan-African…

Calling on international support to deal with the crop-devouring insects, FAO says the swarms of locusts could grow 500 times by June 2020 due to weather conditions that favour rapid locust reproduction.

Cross-Border Campaign Needed to Combat Locust Upsurge in Eastern Africa

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020

By Abdi Ali Published January 21, 2020 Unprecedented swarms of destructive desert locust in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia could swell exponentially and spill over into more countries in eastern Africa if efforts to combat the pest are not scaled up across the region. Heavy rains that have been experienced since…

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