The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have partnered to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy technologies in agri-food, fisheries and forestry chains and sustainable bioenergy through the signing of a collaborative agreement
Agriculture
Mastercard Foundation supports women farmers’ recovery in Nigeria
Approximately 10,000 women in Nigeria will be selected as direct beneficiaries of a two-year agricultural intervention as Value Seeds launches its COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Intervention Project in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation
World Bank plans to invest more than US$5bn in drylands in Africa
The World Bank plans to invest more than US$5bn over the next five years to help restore degraded landscapes, improve agriculture productivity, and promote livelihoods across 11 African countries on a swathe of land stretching from Senegal to Djibouti
Bühler and DIL partner to accelerate sustainable food production
Bühler AG has partnered with the DIL Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik e. V. to work together on the next generation of extruded meat substitutes
AgBiTech, GAIL partner for Fawligen biological control for Fall Armyworm in Nigeria
Farmers in Nigeria, the first country where Fall Armyworm (FAW) was detected in Africa in 2016, will soon get access to a biological tool that will prevent an infestation of the invasive pest