A report – ‘On Air Dialogues: Listening to Rural People’ – released recently by Farm Radio International, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), World Vision Canada, and the Canadian Food Security Policy Group, shows that many farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are optimistic about the future of farming
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Lux Research: Value of executing transparency tools for agrifood companies
A new report by Lux Research, ‘Demystifying Food Traceability and Transparency’, aims to provide much-needed clarity to the subject of the significance of implementing traceability and transparency tools for agrifood companies
China helps WFP improve mobile app for Zambian farmers
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a contribution from China this week, through a South-South and Triangular cooperation Covid opportunity fund, which will be used to enhance user experience of the Virtual Farmers Market app, locally known as Maano
Zimbabwe govt invites contractors to increase food security
To enhance food security and create employment opportunities, the Zimbabwe government has invited agribusinesses and private players that depend on raw materials from the agriculture sector to enter into production and marketing contracts with farmers
Integrated community-based project to help tackle food, nutrition insecurity in Namibia
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the African Group of Ambassadors and the Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil, recently launched an Integrated Community Based Food Systems Project in the rural district of Tsumkwe of Otjozondjupa Region in Namibia