On 17 March, Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, officially launched Africa’s Food System Forum 2023, Africa’s premier platform for advancing the agriculture and food systems agenda on the continent, at State House in Tanzania
Agriculture
Africa receives support from Royal Innovative for agricultural growth
Royal Innovative, a company engaged in international trade, logistics, project management, and financing has extended support to help boost Africas agriculture
Tree locust menace closing in on Eritrea
As the prevalence of tree locust is steadily increasing, the Ministry of Agriculture, on 26 March, called on all bodies concerned to actively conduct surveillance to help control the menace
Zimbabwe celebrates International Year of Millets
On 23 March 2023, the commemoration of the International Year of Millets (IYM) was held in Masvingo, the country’s oldest city resonating with this year’s IYM slogan rich in heritage, full of potential
IFAD executive calls for accelerated investments in water solutions for small-scale farmers
Ahead of the UN 2023 Water Conference, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) calls for accelerated investments to help small-scale farmers in developing countries access and manage increasingly scarce water resources in the face of a changing climate and more extreme weather events