Increasing investments in agricultural research for development (R4D) could bring the much-awaited agricultural transformation to Africa and help address the rising wave of youth unemployment and its attendant poverty, according to the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Dr Kanayo Nwanze. Delivering a talk at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), …
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Tag Archive: Agriculture
Aug 24
Ignoring women in agriculture comes at a cost
Ignoring the gender gap in agriculture has huge economic dimensions. If we want the situation to improve for female farmers we have to make it all about economics! This was the advice given by Ann Tutwiler (FAO) in the learning event ‘How can agricultural innovation better empower women and their key roles in food and …
Apr 26
Policymakers and researchers agree on innovative agenda to avert persistent food crisis
Intensified droughts, desertification and other extreme weather events accelerated by climate change will continue to wreak havoc on West Africa’s Sahel and other vulnerable African regions unless massive new investments are made into re-invigorating farm research, getting resilient crops and livestock to farmers, and advising farmers on climate-smart practices, according to leading experts and policymakers …
Apr 12
Africa: Decent and Productive Employment for Rural Youth Within Reach
Rome, 12 April 2012 – A new study by the International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD and the International Labour Office ILO shows that decent and productive employment for millions of young women and men who live in rural areas can be achieved.
Mar 28
Ghana, Tanzania to benefit from £3.4 million to build research capacity in Africa | Local News
Ghana and Tanzania are to benefit from a grant of 3.4 million pounds to continue capacity building scheme for African science.
Mar 20
Making agric attractive to the youth remains Ghana’s top priority – Agric Minister
Ghana’s Minister of Food and Agriculture, Mr Kwesi Ahwoi on Monday said making agriculture attractive to the youth, through modernisation remained a top priority of the Government.
Feb 24
Higher agric investment pushed
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has proposed increased investment in the agricultural sectors of various countries in the sub-region to ensure food security.
Feb 21
Ghana’s Non-Traditional Exports Have Prospects – Kwesi Ahwoi
Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Agriculture has expressed confidence that Ghana’s non-traditional exports would increase if gains made in establishing quality post-harvest infrastructure, under the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) programme, would be sustained. Speaking at the inauguration of a public pack house, an infrastructure for cooling and storing pineapples, at Mariakrom in the Akuapem-South Municipality …
Feb 13
More money for ag research, Gates urges
When it comes to solving the challenges of developing countries, Bill Gates believes agriculture has a vital role to play.
Feb 13
Make Agric Attractive To Youth – Kufuor Tasks African Governments
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has called on African governments to adopt policies to modernise agriculture and make it attractive for the youth and the educated.