Andre Laperriere, executive director of GODAN, has been extensively studying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on agriculture and global food security
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AfDB unveils strategy roadmap to safeguard food security against COVID-19 impacts
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has unveiled a strategic roadmap of projects and programmes to assist African countries in tackling the nutrition and food security aspects of the COVID-19 crisis through a raft of immediate and longer-term measures
Securing adequate food supply in sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa needs to prioritise policies targeted at reducing risks to food security as part of fiscal stimulus packages to counter the pandemic, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Ensuring Africa's food security through AfDB's Sustainable Development Goals
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) High 5 priority areas are set to support the continents achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a major focus on Feed Africa and Light up Africa, as without electricity, agriculture can not effectively meet the growing challenge of Africas food security
Agrimetrics predicting correct shipment window for sweetcorn crops using AI
Agrimetrics is predicting the correct shipment window for sweetcorn crops with up to 93 per cent accuracy, which can be done four weeks in advance
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