Wefarm, farmer-to-farmer digital network, has announced a series of executive appointments to accelerate its growth amidst securing US$13mn Series A funding

With more than 80 per cent of the Sudanese labour force engaged in agriculture, a new US$85.7mn programme that aims to increase food security and ensure access to natural resources is a vital investment in Sudan’s future

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is set to launch farm-to-market road rehabilitation activity (F2MRR) in Liberia, which will be implementing the rehabilitation of Feed the Future (FtF) farm-to-market roads to support goals of poverty alleviation and hunger reduction

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) have signed two grant agreements to implement trade credit guarantees worth US$5.4mn to support fertiliser value chains in Nigeria and Tanzania, benefitting smallholder farmers

African countries have the opportunity to tap into Japan's knowledge of smart technologies, agricultural machinery and marketing, according to FAO director-general Qu Dongyu