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- UN’s FAO and South Sudan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security have been picked as the implementers.
- The initiative will boost productivity by an additional 350,000 tonnes of rice and sorghum and 2,450 tonnes of fish.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $46.2 million grant for South Sudan’s agriculture sector. This grant is set to finance South Sudan’s Climate Resilient Agri-Food System Transformation Programme, which is set to run between September 2024 and December 2030.
Over these six years, the project aims to deploy climate-smart technologies and production systems on a large scale while also strengthening the priority value chains of businesses led by women and young people.
The project brief shows that the project seeks to promote digital agricultural and climate advisory solutions …
Africa’s agritech potential is immense. Agriculture can help solve various issues, including food security, poverty reduction, and economic transformation. However, technology is needed to revolutionise agriculture and solve farming and agricultural challenges.…
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) received €11 million contribution from the European Union as the UN agency steps up efforts to fight the desert locust outbreak.
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu received the contribution to help fight the locust upsurge which has now spread from East Africa to the Persian Gulf.
The European Commission announced that €10 million would come from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO). While another €1 million will come from the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO).
“I want to thank the European Union for its generosity and support as the Desert Locust threatens to provoke a humanitarian crisis in East Africa,” Qu said.
Qu also added that the situation is extremely alarming in a region where 20 million people are already considered food insecure.
The locust outbreak is the worst in the last 25 years for Ethiopia and Somalia and …