Emma Sundblad, Chargé d’affaires at the delegation of the European Union (EU) to Liberia, and Isaac Gyamfi, regional director at Solidaridad West Africa, have signed US$5.89mn grant agreement to develop the cocoa sector in Liberia
Agriculture
France remains at the top of 2017 Food Sustainability Index
France remains at the top of the 2017 Food Sustainability Index (FSI), which ranks 34 countries according to their food system sustainability
AfDB approves US$10mn equity investment in Phatisa Food Fund
The AfDB has approved US$10mn equity investment in Phatisa Food Fund2 (PFF2) to boost agriculture and nutrition across Africa
Smart technologies enable food to be grown in the world's harshest climates
The recent opening of the Sahara Forest Project (SFP) launch station outside Aqaba, the Jordan port city, has highlighted the possibility of using some of the world’s harshest landscapes to produce food, fresh water and clean energy
ICRAF, FAO team up to provide cross-sectoral approaches to implement national development goals
In a newly released paper, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) have undertaken a review of broad institutional and stakeholder experiences with a view to advancing cross-sectoral approaches in areas related to agriculture, natural resources and food and nutrition security