AfDB’s Annual Development Effectiveness Review 2017 (ADER) has manifested that around 5.6mn people in Africa have benefitted from the bank’s policy in upgrading Africa’s agriculture
AfDB’s agri-intervention benefits 5.6mn people in Africa
Agriculture
IITA expands research investment with the inauguration of 205.5 ha research farm
As the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) marks its 50th anniversary, the Institute inaugurated a new research station in Ago-Owu in Osun state, Nigeria, on 12 June, as part of efforts to expand its research agenda and create impact at farm level
Case IH Sugar Camp 2017 gives African famers insight into Brazilian sugarcane production
Case IH Sugar Camp 2017 held in Brazil gave its African and the Middle Eastern customers the opportunity to see world-class harvesters and manufacturing plants and to witness sugarcane’s growing importance as a renewable energy source
AfDB approves US$343,000 grant to enhance honey production in Rwanda
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has partnered with SERUKA, a women’s organisation in Rwanda, to launch Rwanda Honey Value Chain Project, which aims to boost honey production in Rwanda and enhance the capacity of honey production cooperatives to access formal markets
South Africa to target Asian market following maize surplus
South Africa, which has had a bumper crop of maize this year leading to depressed prices and dampened demand in Africa, will now target Asian markets to boost maize exports
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