The Central African Republic and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed two MoUs to fight against food insecurity in two prefectures in the centre-north of country and finance the modernisation of Bangui airport
Agriculture
Provivi announces strategic relationship to help small-scale farmers in Kenya
Emerging crop protection company Provivi has announced a US$10mn investment by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
IFC loans CEDIAM to support Mali’s mango sector
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced the recent disbursement of a loan to support expansion at Malis leading mango processor, Centre dÉtude et de Développement Industriel et Agricole du Mali (CEDIAM), helping the company increase farmers’ access to markets and boost production and exports of the flavourful fruit
AfDB, FAO and South Sudan’s government partner to boost agricultural markets
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed protocols to disburse a US$14mn grant to the government of South Sudan to boost agricultural markets in a project to be implemented by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Sowing the seeds of industrial farming in Mozambique
With fertile river valleys, expansive coastal lowlands and the prolific Zambezi River as a source of irrigation, Mozambique is considered a mecca for crop cultivation, with climatic conditions catering to a diverse range of agricultural products