Africa: Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Model Offers Lessons for Other African Nations – AU Officials

Africa: Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Model Offers Lessons for Other African Nations – AU Officials

Addis Ababa — Ethiopia’s efforts to boost agricultural productivity, promote self-sufficiency, and engage smallholder farmers offer valuable lessons for other African countries seeking to strengthen food security, according to officials from the African Union (AU) and the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System. Clement Adjorlolo, Principal Programme Officer for Agriculture and Rural Transformation at…

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Africa: Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Model Offers Lessons for Other African Nations – AU Officials

Africa: Why Eudr Could Redefine Africa’s Agricultural Competitiveness

For much of the past two years, debate around the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) has centred on risks. Exporters worry about rising compliance costs. Cooperatives fear the burden of collecting geolocation data from thousands of smallholder farmers. Policymakers question whether the regulation shifts the cost of environmental protection onto producing countries. These concerns are…

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Africa: Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Model Offers Lessons for Other African Nations – AU Officials

Africa: Angola’s Agriconnect Compact Targets Food Security, Jobs, and Agricultural Growth

Luanda — Angola and the World Bank Group today launched the country’s AgriConnect Compact, a national framework to boost domestic food production, create employment, and mobilize private investment in agricultural value chains. The Compact brings together government, private sector, financial institutions, development partners, and farmer organizations around a shared agenda to transform the country’s agricultural…

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Africa: Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Model Offers Lessons for Other African Nations – AU Officials

Africa: World Bank Approves Project to Expand Agricultural Value Chains and Jobs

Washington D.C. — The World Bank has approved a $500 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for the Nigeria Sustainable Agricultural Value-Chains for Growth (AGROW) Project, aimed at increasing smallholder farmers productivity, strengthening agricultural value chains, and creating jobs while improving food and nutrition security. Agriculture remains Nigeria’s largest source of employment, yet low productivity,…

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Africa: Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Model Offers Lessons for Other African Nations – AU Officials

Africa: How Africa Could Become the World’s Leading Agricultural Powerhouse and Food Basket

Global food insecurity is rising while Africa holds the land, people, and potential to feed the world. Under South Africa’s presidency, the B20’s Sustainable Food Systems and Agricultural Task Force has laid out a business case to turn agriculture into a driver of growth. Climate shocks make farming more unpredictable. Conflicts exposing fragile supply chains…

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Africa: Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Model Offers Lessons for Other African Nations – AU Officials

Africa: The Agricultural Fixes Africa Needs

The number of people facing hunger globally declined from 688 million in 2023 to 673 million in 2024, according to a recent report by the five leading United Nations agencies working on The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025. But progress has not been equal, with Africa experiencing a slight increase…

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