The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$3.2mn from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide emergency food and development assistance to 68,000 people in Sierra Leone, where four out of five households have irregular access to safe and nutritious food
People in the southeastern Ikongo district of Madagascar have beenfacing acute food shortages and struggling with malnutrition after harvests were destroyed in the 2022 cyclones
Grace Breeding, a forward-thinking AgClimateTech company developing biological-based products, unveiled the results of a field study conducted, in collaboration with University of Londrina (UEL), on corn in Brazil using its Proprietary Bio-Fertiliser (NFT) technology
Ethiopia has opened its arms to heat-tolerant wheat varieties that are being offered to smallholder farmers by the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) programme, replacing traditional crops such as vegetables
On 26 January, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed a letter of intent in support of the pan-African Mission 1 for 200 (M1-200) – a joint initiative created to reduce Africa’s food import dependency, and build sustainable, inclusive and climate-adapted food systems
