Sierra Leone will look to the African Development Bank (AfDB) to stimulate agribusiness development in the country with a focus on rice production, President Maada Bio told a visiting delegation led by AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina

The Africa Fertiliser Financing Mechanism (AFFM) has kick-started a US$2.2mn project to provide fertiliser suppliers in Nigeria with financial support to improve supply for 200,000 smallholder farmers

On 10 March, the Government of Japan decided to extend Emergency Grant Aid of US$7.5mn in response to the damage caused by locusts in Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an agreement with Sudan’s DAL Group for the provision of up to US$75mn to improve food security and household incomes in the country