Agriculture
AfDB's AFAWA initiative focused at African women entrepreneurs achieves US$1bn milestone
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The African Development Bank's (AfDB's) Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative has reached a US$1bn landmark in approved funding targeted towards African women entrepreneurs
US offers funding to help combat food insecurity in Sierra Leone
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$3.2mn from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide emergency food and development assistance to 68,000 people in Sierra Leone, where four out of five households have irregular access to safe and nutritious food
Grace Breeding's NFT outshines standard nitrogen fertilisers, study finds
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Grace Breeding, a forward-thinking AgClimateTech company developing biological-based products, unveiled the results of a field study conducted, in collaboration with University of Londrina (UEL), on corn in Brazil using its Proprietary Bio-Fertiliser (NFT) technology
Heat-tolerant wheat: A boon for Ethiopian farmers
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Ethiopia has opened its arms to heat-tolerant wheat varieties that are being offered to smallholder farmers by the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) programme, replacing traditional crops such as vegetables
IFAD and AfDB collaborate to boost agricultural productivity in Africa
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On 26 January, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed a letter of intent in support of the pan-African Mission 1 for 200 (M1-200) – a joint initiative created to reduce Africa’s food import dependency, and build sustainable, inclusive and climate-adapted food systems
- AfDB group meet Swiss envoys to discuss development agenda in Africa
- EU provides million-dollar funding to help vulnerable communities in Lake Chad region
- Desmet delivers innovations to support Africa’s farmers
- AFFM receives US$10.15mn funding from NORAD to improve accessibility of fertilisers in Africa
- NARC holds activity assessment meeting to discuss agricultural development
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