Following a meeting with G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, announced on 19 March that a record US$57bn in financing for Sub-Saharan African countries over the next three fiscal years
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Zambia First Lady: Empowering rural women will lead to agrigrowth and poverty eradication
Mrs Lungu was the keynote speaker at a side event co-organised by FAO, IFAD, WFP, UN Women, the EU and the Permanent Mission of Slovak to the UN under the theme: “Step It Up Together with Rural Women to End Hunger and Poverty” on the first day of the 61st Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61)
SIMA reflects on African agricultural growth
The Paris international agri-business show, which took place 26 February - 2 March, looks at the success of the African agricultural sector
Alltech, global mineral director to speak at Victam International BV
Steve Elliott, Global Minerals Director of Alltech, will speak about the global feed industry at the press conference of Victam International BV
Senegalese farmers are achieving strong yield increases with Syngenta Apron Star programme
Syngenta showcased the Seed Treatment Partnership supported by the USAID-funded Scaling Seeds and Technologies Partnership (SSTP) being implemented by AGRA at AFSTA Congress 2017