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: Investment
Mar 27
Investing in Agriculture Most Effective Way to Eradicate Poverty in Africa – UN Official
With the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) just three years away, a senior United Nations official today emphasized that spending on agriculture is the most effective type of investment for halting poverty in Africa.
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.
Oct 19
Major funding needed for food security
ROME, Oct. 18 (UPI) — Major international investments are needed to make sure the world has enough resources to address food security, U.N. officials said from Rome.
Oct 18
Invest in the future on World Food Day
This year’s World Food Day theme, “Food Prices – From Crisis to Stability”, was created to shed some light on this trend and what can be done to mitigate its affect on the most vulnerable.
Sep 30
Every family needs food security
There’s nothing like taking a good step back to gain a better view of anything and this trip has been no exception. While visiting an Ontario farm show, I came across a booth promoting farmers. The brightly coloured stand was decked with posters, stickers and t-shirts declaring ‘Farmers feed cities.’ It mirrors a Queensland campaign …
Sep 23
World Food Day 2006 – Investing in agriculture for food security
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945. The World Food Day and TeleFood theme for 2006 is “Investing in agriculture for food security”.
Aug 01
Agricultural Investment Launched
A Medium -Term Agricultural Investments Sector Investment Plan (METASIP) to implement the Food and Agricultural Sector Development Policy (FASDEP II) has been launched in Accra.
Jul 22
Agricultural Investment Launched
A Medium -Term Agricultural Investments Sector Investment Plan (METASIP) to implement the Food and Agricultural Sector Development Policy (FASDEP II) has been launched in Accra.
Apr 30
CIDA invests over $67 million in food security
Tamale, April 30, GNA – The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), has over the last six years invested over 67 million Canadian dollars in a number of interventions aimed at enhancing decentralization, food security and the environment in the three Northern Regions of the country.