Ethiopia faces numerous threats to national food security including disrupted trade and import channels, food price spikes, water supply risks, and delayed or compromised harvest yields during COVID-19
Agriculture
IFAD invests US$9mn to help rural SMEs in developing nations
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced an investment of US$9mn into the Agri-Business Capital (ABC) Fund to help small-scale farmers and micro- small and medium size rural enterprises in developing countries create jobs and increase incomes
Nigerian minister expresses concern of lockdown’s impact on food supply
Sabo Nanono, minister of agriculture, Nigeria, expressed fear of the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on food supply chain
Vertical farming set to improve yield quality
Vertical farming is getting popular across the globe as it is set to overcome the traditional complex supply chain system of the produce and improving the yield quality
WCDA and DFDC-SA donate food to the poor amid COVID-19 crisis
Western Cape Department of Agriculture and the Deciduous Fruit Development Chamber of South Africa (DFDC-SA) has handed over 10,000 fruit parcels to the NGO Gift of the Givers, to be distributed among the vulnerable communities living in the Western Cape
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