Agriculture
At least 15 people were killed after armed gunmen attacked a community in northwestern Nigeria. Beyond the tragic loss of life, the attack highlights the continued impact of insecurity on farming communities and food production.
Agriculture
Smallholder farming remains the backbone of food production across Africa, yet many producers still struggle to move beyond local markets into more stable, higher-value commercial supply chains.
Agriculture
A milestone UK–Ghana Growth Partnership agreement was signed in London, with a portion of a £215 million package directed toward agricultural transformation projects in Ghana.
Agriculture
Across the continent, unreliable or nonexistent power continues to limit agricultural productivity, weaken value chains, and constrain industrial growth. This reality placed energy access at the center of discussions during the African Development Bank Annual Meetings.
Agriculture
Food inflation in many African countries is no longer being shaped only by harvest yields or weather conditions. Increasingly, the cost of moving food has become almost as important as the cost of producing it.
Agriculture
Ghana is projected to import 1 million metric tons of rice in 2025/26, at a cost of $450–$550 million. Not from African neighbours, but from Asia and the Americas—regions with only a fraction of Africa’s agricultural potential.
Agriculture
Food security in Africa is increasingly being shaped less by farm output alone and more by the infrastructure that moves, stores, and finances it. Transport bottlenecks and weak storage capacity continue to limit how efficiently food moves from farms to markets.
Agriculture
The ADF is supporting food security and rural livelihoods in Sudan through a multi-million-dollar grant programme aimed at addressing the combined impacts of conflict, climate shocks, and economic disruption.
Agriculture
After a decade of uneven progress, hunger is rising again across Africa, with an estimated 307 million undernourished, more than 1 in 5 across the continent. The reversal reflects a combination of pressures, climate shocks, conflict, rising food costs, and structural gaps in rural infrastructure.
Agriculture
Kenya’s government and private sector have continued to attract significant investment interest in agriculture, underscoring the sector’s central role in the country’s economic growth strategy.
Agriculture
South Africa’s experience with the Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion (SHEP) programme is increasingly being viewed as a model for transforming smallholder agriculture across the continent.
Agriculture
Leaders, policymakers, and innovators recently gathered in Tanzania for the Africa Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization Meeting aiming to tackle ways to increasing agricultural productivity while ensuring environmental sustainability.