Tag: food production
Innovation for women and girls must keep pace with needs of those in crisis and humanitarian settings
A joint statement by UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative Anders Thomsen, and Kenya Red Cross Secretary General Dr. Asha...
Rockefeller Foundation and WFP initiative seeks to strengthen school meals for millions of children
The United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP) welcomes a US$ 10.7 million grant from The Rockefeller Foundation to...
Africa should exploit the impetus around climate change to scale up its agriculture production
Development lenders in Africa can seize the current global crises as an impetus to help the continent significantly increase...
AfDB approves grant to the Comoros to boost resilience of the country’s food production systems
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a €5.76 million grant to the Comoros...
Food security is a critical factor in building the future resilience of communities in northeast Nigeria
For most people in northeast Nigeria, agriculture is the predominant source of livelihood and income. However, the persistent conflicts...
UN’s CERF loan to allow FAO to scale up fertilizer provision to support Ethiopia’s Tigray region’s farmers
A $10 million loan from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will allow the Food and Agriculture Organization...