The USA and Nigeria have joined forces in a US$3bn agriculture financing deal aimed at boosting lending by commercial banks with an initial guarantee of US$100mn from the US Agency for International Development (USAID)
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IPM Essen horticulture exhibition attracts 60,000 trade visitors
More than 1,500 exhibitors from 46 different countries presented their products and services to 60,000 attendees at the 31st IPM Essen exhibition in Essen, Germany, earlier this month
Climate change proves to be huge challenge for West African agriculture and food security
The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) West Africa programme will organise a regional workshop to be held in Accra, Ghana, on the challenging effects that climate change has on agriculture and food security
EuroTier reveals record attendance figures for 2012
BioEnergy Decentral has expanded its international reach after a record number of 160,000 animal husbandry farmers and experts visited this years edition of the show, along with 38,000 international attendees
Congress highlights Zambia's agribusiness potential
Zambia’s agricultural sector has the potential to feed 200 million people in the wider region due to its abundant land and water resources, as well as its border links with eight southern African countries, which provide it with huge potential access to regional agricultural commodities markets