The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is distributing seeds and fertiliser for more than one million people in north-eastern Nigeria for the planting season that begins this month as part of the efforts to restore livelihoods and combat critical levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in areas affected by Boko Haram violence
In an announcement at the annual World Food Programme (WFP) executive board meeting, held from 12-15 June 2017, the African Union Commission (AUC) said that it will continue to work with WFP in enhancing the livelihoods of the African citizens
In collaboration with CRU Events, African Fertiliser and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) will organise a three-day west Africa Fertiliser Agribusiness conference in Accra from 10 to 12 July 2017, aiming to improve fertiliser supply market and agribusiness value chain through the SMEs
AfDB’s Annual Development Effectiveness Review 2017 (ADER) has manifested that around 5.6mn people in Africa have benefitted from the bank’s policy in upgrading Africa’s agriculture
As the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) marks its 50th anniversary, the Institute inaugurated a new research station in Ago-Owu in Osun state, Nigeria, on 12 June, as part of efforts to expand its research agenda and create impact at farm level
