The lives and livelihoods of farmers and fishers in the three Southern African countries hit by Tropical Cyclone Idai are under severe threat, with communities in Mozambique bearing a particularly heavy burden, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

New Holland Agriculture, a brand of CNH Industrial, has launched FarmMate, a digital application for farmers in Asia, the Middle East and Africa (AMEA)

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green announced a US$90mn investment in three leading universities in Egypt, to form partnerships with American universities to create centres of excellence in energy, water and agriculture

Jean-Michel DUMOND, head of the European Union (EU) delegation to Sudan, has confirmed the EU’s commitment to support better access to drinking water for the Sudanese population