In the aftermath of the financial and debt crises that started in 2007, food prices increased 57% in 2008 and 64 per cent in 2012, Continue Reading
Vanessa Adams, AGRA’s Vice President for Strategic Partnerships participated in a June 25 webinar “Vital Supply Chains – Food System Security”, organized by the World Continue Reading
Participants expressed cautious optimism that despite the impact of COVI-19, Nigeria’s ag sector is ensuring access to quality food at prices people can afford AGRA’s Continue Reading
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 25, 2020 As COVID-19 continues to spread in Africa, women in agriculture are struggling to cope not only with the restrictions to Continue Reading
The authors are H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairman of the Africa Food Prize, and H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn Continue Reading
Every so often, a cataclysmic event shakes the very foundation on which the global economy and the social well-being of its people is anchored. It Continue Reading
FAO and AGRA bring partners together to share knowledge in fight against the global pandemic With over 60 percent of the African continent’s population in Continue Reading
COVID-19 is set to radically exacerbate food insecurity in Africa. Lockdown measures have disrupted internal supply chains halting food production. Huge locust swarms have also Continue Reading
The AGRA has presented Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) worth GHC20,000 and seed money of GHC10,000 to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to help agriculture Continue Reading
ABUJA – The President of AGRA, Dr Agnes Kalibata, has called for measures to be put in place to avert food crisis in Africa in the Continue Reading