African Development Bank approves programs for next year
Concluding their 2017 annual meetings in Ahmedabad, India, the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB)…
Agribusiness
Rockefeller Foundation president visits Ethiopia
Building on the Rockefeller Foundation’s deep commitment to Ethiopia, President of the Foundation Dr. Rajiv J. Shah makes…
Food security at center of African Development Bank annual meeting
Prioritizing agriculture for its role in poverty reduction, overcoming hunger and food insecurity, the African Development Bank (AfDB)…
Feed the Future opens Commercial Farm Services center in Ethiopia
In order to expand Ethiopian smallholders’ access to supplies, Feed the Future Ethiopia commercial farm services today opens…
Partners improve maize productivity in Ethiopia
The partnership among the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), DuPont and the Government of Ethiopia improves…
Livestock-based solutions for sustainable development in Africa
In 2016, the United Nations issued a report highlighting the centrality of the livestock sector to the food…
Global meeting on Livestock opens in Addis Ababa
Livestock specialists from over 50 countries gather in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss the positive contribution of livestock…
African Development Bank to discuss youth in Agriculture during annual meeting
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is bringing together African heads of state to discuss youth in agriculture at…
First African youth agribusiness forum held in Nigeria
Youth from all over Africa came together in the first-ever African Youth Agripreneurs (AYA) Forum held in Ibadan,…
Côte d’Ivoire set to host continental agriculture summit
Côte d’Ivoire is set to host the 2017 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), premier continental agriculture gathering that…
Nigeria eyes boosting cassava production
Nigeria, the largest producer of cassava in the world, is working to boost its production through introduction of…
Institution advices investment in rural youth to end global migration crisis
President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Gilbert F. Houngbo suggested the need for the developing…
Six African countries launch regional livestock development project
Six African countries along with two international development partners launched a continental project- Africa Sustainable Livestock 2015 (ASL)…
Ethiopian pastoralists receive insurance compensation for livestock loss
Oromia Insurance Company (OIC) on Saturday payout 1.6 million birr in livestock insurance compensation to 1,474 pastoralists in…
Investing in the resilience of smallholder farmers key says FAO chief
Press Release – Investing in the resilience of smallholder farmers is more important than ever if we are…
Tunisia receives funding to boost agriculture
Some 110,000 people in five districts of Tunisia in the Governorate of Siliana, home to some of the…
Youth critical for Africa’s agricultural transformation
More than 300 global and African thought leaders and youth agripreneurs will come together for The MasterCard Foundation’s…
Rome to host conference on financing rural development
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), the Brookings Institution…
Mauritania secures $21 million grant to boost food security
A total of 285,600 farmers, particularly women and young people in six regions in southern Mauritania will benefit…
Experts discuss land governance to increase agricultural investment
Land in Africa has become the safest asset for those with spare funds to invest. With its growing…
Africa’s journey towards agriculture revolution
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – Dr. Allan Makenzie is born and grown up in the rural village of…
Ethiopian pioneer silk farmer smiling all the way to the bank
For people from certain cultures, touching worms with bare hands is disgusting. Not so for Geleta Hailu, an…
Ethiopia aims learning from Kenya to improve its dairy sector
With aim of transforming Ethiopia’s dairy products using Kenyan experience, Schulze Global Investment (SGI), the United States based…
Saudi Star to install first rice processing plant in Ethiopia
Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, which is currently engaged in commercial rice farming in Ethiopia, is to construct…