The event, which held at the Chida Events Center in Abuja, Nigeria, is in commemoration of the International Women’s Day, with the theme: “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress,” brought together agribusiness actors to honor influential women advocating for economic empowerment in the country.
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My last week’s piece closed with a poser: Are the two Ministers of Agriculture and Food Security, Senators Kyari and Abdullahi, capable of breaking the jinx of poverty and hunger associated with Nigerians? Answering this question requires an in-depth analysis of Tinubu’s policy and direction toward achieving food security for Nigeria. Petroleum subsidy withdrawal skyrocketed the fuel price by 217% that caused astronomical cost of living. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared a state of emergency on food security on July 14, 2023, to cushion the effects of the subsidy removal. As I wrote in this Column, the declaration of emergency is the best policy pronouncement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT).
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), and the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) have launched a $100 million financing initiative to support ongoing efforts to improve food security in Africa and make the continent the world’s major food producer.
The Country Director of Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa, AGRA, Rufus Idris, has revealed that over 11 million farmers have been reached with new agriculture technologies through AGRA’s agriculture extension model called Community Based Advisory.
As mentioned in the first part of this piece, the 2006 Africa Fertilizer Summit in Abuja was a turning point for African agriculture. The Summit’s impetus birthed the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). As the first Vice President of AGRA, Adesina led one of the boldest and most considerable global efforts and finance initiatives that leveraged over $4 billion in Bank finance commitments to Africa’s agriculture sector.
ASHENEWS reports that AGRA on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, announced the winners of the 2023 Women Agripreneurs of the Year Awards (WAYA2023) at the Africa Food Systems Forum, AGRF2023 held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Hunger is ransacking every nook and cranny of millions of households in Nigeria. The report of the National Bureau of…
Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), a consortium of agriculture support organisations, has unveiled resilience and capacity building programme…
The Kaduna state government, along with some stakeholders in the agricultural subsector, on Thursday concluded a two-day on-the-spot assessment visits…
By Tina George, Minna The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, AGRA, has distributed rice milling machines, sprayers and…