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13 April 2016
The CEO of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) agency Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki has challenged African leaders to evolve innovative and pragmatic strategy that will help deal with the emerging trends and challenges of the agriculture sector.
He said agriculture…
13 April 2016
The African Union (AU) has declared support for an inclusive agricultural plan that seeks to transform the sector for increased growth to create wealth, improve livelihoods and eradicate poverty.
The AU's decision comes after the initiation of a Comprehensive African Agricultural…
The only way Africa can deliver tangible results in agriculture is to mobilise its own human and financial resources and invest more in the sector.
This was said by the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, Tumussine Peace, at the12th meeting of the Comprehensive…
03 May 2016
Dakar – In order to attract domestic and international private sector investment to the agricultural sector, which represents 14 percent of the GDP and employs 50 per cent of the active population, Senegal has embarked on a journey aimed at improving the business environment. In its…
13 September 2016
The current scenario in Africa is such that nearly one in five people is hungry. Even though hunger has decreased steadily since the mid-1990s, due to population growth, however, it has actually increased in absolute numbers. In addition, net food imports since the early 1990s…
05 October 2016
In Africa, 220 million people are estimated to be calorie deficient, while 8 per cent (and rising rates) of adults over 20 years are obese, and 58 million children under five years of age are too short for their age. A new joint venture between the New Partnership for Africa’s…
Accra - During the commemoration of the 7th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security which took place in Accra, Ghana, Kefilwe Moalosi, the NEPAD Agency’s Nutrition Programme Officer, called for more action to reduce hidden hunger and eliminate hunger in Africa through investing in food based…
Conakry – The NEPAD Agency’s successful support towards development of programmes for fisheries reform in Ghana and Sierra Leone, has led to increased interest by a number of countries in Africa seeking assistance to develop their own fisheries policy and governance reform programmes.
This success…
A visit to the Rwanda Development Board allowed participants of the Joint African Union Commission - NEPAD Agency - Regional Economic Communities (AUC-NPCA-RECs) Planning and Coordination Retreat for the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), to have an overview of the…
