The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the New Partnership for Africas Development of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), organised a three-day sub-regional consultative dialogue
Agriculture
Economic Commission for Africa signs agreement on innovation and agriculture investments
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the OCP SA, formerly known as the Cherifien Office of Phosphates, have signed an MoU to strengthen collaboration on innovations and investments in agriculture using science and technologies
Ghana cocoa farmers to access direct agrochemicals from COCOBOD
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is adopting a new policy to provide support services, farming products and inputs to the cocoa farmers through their registered cooperatives
Somalia implements Drought Impact Response Plan
The Federal Government of Somalia and the aid community are together implementing a Drought Impact Response Plan which is set to provide critical life-saving assistance to 4.5mn Somalis by the end of the year at a cost of US$686mn
‘Avocados, coffee and citrus fruit threaten global food security’
A study by researchers at University of Maryland found how Western appetites for foods like avocados, coffee and citrus fruit are threatening global food security, having looked at 40 years of data
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