Category: Agri Business

H.E. Amadou Allahoury Diallo grants Sarki Pro-Umar Tanko Audience in Niamey

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Report: Mohammed Abu The Special Ministerial Advisor to the H.E., President Bazoum and coordinator of the Agro-industrial Poles Programme, H.E. Mr. Amadou Allahoury Diallo, last week  granted Sarki Pro-Umar Tanko,the Bonkuano of the Greater Accra Zarma Community, Ghana audience  in Niamey. Welcoming Sarki Tanko, H.E., Mr. Diallo briefly  recounted his service at the Food and Agricultural Organization(FAO) in Ghana several decades ago. Sarki Tanko while appreciating the warm reception accorded him, also disclosed to the H.E. Mr. Diallo, his personal extra  endeavors towards wooing other  potential   investors with interest in…

Africa Must end Hunger and Food Insecurity!!!

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Editor’s Pick Indeed, the continuous lack of food production self-sufficiency and the increasing food import dependency in many African countries to supplement domestic production shortfalls amidst big agriculture resources potential, is worrisome. Africa as a continent has all it takes to be self-sufficient in crops, aquaculture, mariculture, livestock and poultry production. The continent’s world’s food basket status potential is therefore not in the least dispute. With over 60 percent of global total arable land potential, more than enough marine, fresh and ground water resources, Africa has no excuse to feel…

Feed Africa Summit: African Development Bank to commit $10 billion to make continent the breadbasket of the world

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Opening the summit, President Sall — who is also the African Union chairperson — said the time had come for the continent to feed itself DAKAR, Senegal, January 26, 2023/ — The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), will commit $10 billion over the next five years to boost Africa’s efforts to end hunger and become a primary food provider for itself and the rest of the world. Bank Group President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, announced Wednesday at the Dakar 2 Africa Food Summit in Diamniadio, east of the Senegalese capital of Dakar. Adesina…

Graduate Mentorship Coaching Programme,4th Cohort Gets Set

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…….As 40 Africans from 15 African Countries Enrolled!!! Story: Mohammed Abu The Africa Graduate Mentorship and Coaching Programme (AGMCP), which is facilitated by the Interconnections for Making Africa Great Empowered and Sustainable (IMAGES) Initiative, has enrolled 40 Africans from 15 countries into the mentorship and coaching programme for the 4th cohort, according to a Press Release issued in Ibadan, on Tuesday. “Interested organizations working on agriculture and food systems in Africa may contact us for mutually-rewarding partnership to develop the capacity of the mentees”, said, Dr Olawale Olayide the President…

Brastorne Connects the Unconnected in Africa

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  Brastorne has implemented disruptive solutions to dissolve the barriers to digital inclusion in Africa GABORONE, Botswana, December 6, 2022/ — The Challenge More and more aspects of modern life have moved online. Access to information, economic opportunities, and how we interact with our social circles are all reliant on access to the internet. Access to this near-limitless online world leads to empowerment for those with ready access. However, digital inclusion is not universal and a growing digital divide is excluding entire segments of our society from the potentially limitless benefits.…

Greening the Desert through Organic Farming

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Upholding the legacy of UAE’s Founder, Emirates Bio Farm Leads the Charge By: Mohammed Abu The good memoirs of late UAE’s Founder, H.R.H. Sheikh Zayed Al Nahayan, shall forever be cherished. Aside the historic Economic Diversification Plan that also ensured escapade from the resource curse, his passion and initiative for greening the country’s desert, protection and conservation of biodiversity in its ecosystem also deserves spectacular mention. To this end, the establishment of the Emirates Bio Farm(EBF), the largest organic farm in the UAE in 2016, built on the company’s founding…

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Ghana: African Development Fund approves $27.9 million grant for Savannah Agriculture Value Chain Development Project (SADP) The grant will increase the climate-resilient production of maize, rice and soybean, support the poultry value chain, and generate employment for women and youth   ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, November 23, 2022/ — The Board of Directors of the African Development (https://www.AfDB.org) Fund has approved a $27.9 million grant to Ghana for the development of agricultural value chains in the Savannah region. The grant will increase the climate-resilient production of maize, rice and soybean, support the poultry…

Maize will be added to the PFJ market next week – Agric Ministry.

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The press secretary of the Minister of Agriculture, Alhassan Ridwan says the Ministry has considered adding maize to the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) market. Speaking in an interview on JoyNews’ The Pulse on Monday, Alhassan Ridwan said maize will be on the market by next week. “The plan to introduce maize is on the line. It is seriously being considered. By next week when the consignment moves from Techiman to Accra, you would find maize in there,” he said. He added that other foodstuffs that go onto the…