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NIGERIA – The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) is set to raise over US$391.03 million (N140 billion) to finance agriculture in six states across the country over the next three years. An […]
KENYA – The World Bank and India have promised to help Kenya adopt new agricultural technology to boost food production and cut reliance on imports. Ashok Dalwal, chief executive officer in the Ministry of Agriculture […]
TANZANIA – The government of Tanzania in partnership with the World Bank, Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a 12-year plan that seeks to boost rice production. Dubbed […]
MALAWI – The government of Malawi has secured a US$83.76 million (K61bn) credit facility from the World Bank as it seeks to commercialize the country’s agriculture sector through the Agricultural Commercialization (AGCOM) Project. According to […]
KENYA – The World Bank will inject US$7.93 million (Sh800 million) in establishing abattoirs across major pastoralism areas in Kenya in a bid to promote the local and export market for livestock products. Harry Kimutai, […]
KENYA – The World Bank has launched a digital agriculture technologies innovation platform in Kenya that seeks to boost agriculture sector by providing solutions around productivity, market access, financial inclusion and information to farmers. The […]
MALAWI – Malawi’sagricultural sector is set to receive US$95 million from the World Bank through a six-year Agricultural Commercialization (AGCOM) Project that seeks to transform the sector into a high productive commercial division. Malawi News […]
LIBERIA – The world bank has approved a US$25 million International Development Association (IDA) credit set to benefit over 17,500 smallholder farmers through Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P) of Liberia. The Daily […]
WORLD – Food demand in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, is projected to grow over the next 15 years by about 60 per cent, and 30 per cent in South Asia, a report just released by the World Bank Group has said.
WORLD – Food demand in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, is projected to grow over the next 15 years by about 60 per cent, and 30 per cent in South Asia, a report just released by the World Bank Group has said.