The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) granted a US$44.88mn financing to Senegal National Groundnut Company (SONACOS) to help the Senegalese agriculture sector in post-Covid recovery
The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has launched the third iteration of the Access to Seeds Index, which shows that both global and regional seed companies are doing much better with availability and suitable crops for smallholder farmers
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the European Union (EU) and the government of the United Republic of Tanzania through the Ministry Agriculture, are about to start a four-year project ‘Strengthening plant health services in Tanzania for enhanced food safety’
In order to help farmers and grain traders reduce the prevalence of aflatoxins in crops and grains in Rwanda, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Kigali-based agriculture start-up AflaSight and research firm Vanguard Economics have launched two pilot projects aimed at improving maize quality in the country
Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have called for urgent action as vulnerable communities in the IGAD region continue to experience droughts that are eroding their flexibility to food and nutrition insecurity
