As part of the International online conference being held by the ECOWAS Commission, humanitarian agencies have pledged to support and work in respect of the West African food security storage system
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Dangote Sugar’s US$700mn investments to promote infrastructure development
With a national annual import of more than US$337mn, the management of Dangote Sugar Refinery has declared its irrevocable commitment to the Backward Integration Policy (BIP) of the Federal Government to reverse the trend and make Nigeria self-sufficient in sugar production
PAFO and AGRA to support smallholder farmers
The Pan-African Farmers Organisation (PAFO) and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) have partnered to strengthen the capacities of African farmers by supporting smallholder farmers, especially women and youth
Sweden partners with TechnoServe to support Zambia’s food Processors
International nonprofit TechnoServe has accepted funds worth US$36mn from Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) to support the implementation of the Food Enterprises for a Developed (FED) Zambia programme from 2020-2023
QSIT implements AI solution for Egyptian agriculture sector
Esri, a specialist in location intelligence, has announced that Egyptian partner Quality Standards for Information Technology (QSIT) has implemented the crop mapping and field boundary detection solution for the Agricultural Research Centre (ARC) in Egypt