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Deploying Foresight in Responding to COVID-19: the AFA Approach
The Africa Foresight Academy has launched its virtual Food System foresight platform. This is a series of webinars engaging several hundreds of stakeholders and participants from the sub-regional agricultural research organizations implementing the EU-funded CAADP XP4 programme, as well as other organizations and individuals from academia, civil society, governmental and non-governmental agencies. Moderating the opening session of the maiden edition
Covid-19 disrupts Nigeria’s sweet potato success story
The crisis has hit the supply chain really hard, affecting the flow of agro-commodities. People are too scared to visit the crowded food markets and we have no choice but to accept whatever price we are being offered. Seyi Ajibare laments the impact of Covid-19 on her thriving agribusiness in Osun state, southwestern Nigeria. Seyi is a young female farmer
COVID-19 disrupts Africa’s seed supply, threatening food security
BY JOSEPH OPOKU GAKPO JUNE 23, 2020 The global pandemic has made it difficult for some African seed companies to produce and import sufficient quantities of quality certified seeds, prompting fears about food security. A labor shortage, border closures and restrictions on movements have contributed to the challenges that some companies are facing as they struggle to get quality seeds
FARA holds first Virtual Board Meeting
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) has held its first Virtual Board Meeting which has been hugely successful as it has been a strong learning curve and a pointer to how future businesses of the organization may be conducted. The virtual Board meeting became unavoidable in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impending need to meet
Time to boost Africa’s food security-AU
Sharon Kavhu Windhoek -The African Union Commission Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture has urged African countries to utilize the COVID-19 phase for boosting food security with agricultural research and innovations. The Commissioner of the organ-Her Excellency Josepha Leonel Correta Sacko said COVID-19 has created an opportunity for Africa to explore contextualized solutions relevant to the continent. “This is the best
Scale Agricultural Research to respond to Domestic Needs -(AUDA)-NEPAD CEO
The Chief Executive Officer of the African Union Development Agency, (AUDA)-NEPAD, Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki has reiterated the call for African solutions to be applied to resolving African challenges. As all major global supply chains continue to come under stress as a result of the somehow uncoordinated steps taken by various countries in an attempt to get ahead of the
Allocate 10% of COVID-19 Resources to Agricultural Research – AUC Commissioner
H.E. Josepha Leonel Correia Sacko, Commissioner of the African Union Commission’s Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture has called on Africa’s development partners to allocate at least 10% of the resources committed to fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic to supporting agricultural research institutions in Africa. The Commissioner made the call on Wednesday 20th May, during the first regional and continental eForum
Let’s Prepare for the New Norm – FARA Board Chair
Dr. Alioune Fall, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Forum for Agriculture Research in Africa, has called on the members of the consortium and all stakeholders to prepare to take up new ways of doing things, particularly in agricultural research and innovation on the continent, in the wake of the corona virus pandemic that has hit the
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? PARTICIPANTS’ TAKE:
e-Forum on Contribution of Agricultural research and innovation in mitigating the impact of COVID-19 in Africa The first regional and continental e-forum on the contribution of agricultural research and innovation to mitigating the impact of COVID-19 in Africa, was hosted by the implementing institutions of the CAAD XP4 programme, on the 20th of May 2020. The webinar was attended by
World Bank approves $500m loan towards locust invasion mitigation
As East African countries seek funds to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on its vulnerable populations, governments have racked up loans to deal with other threats like chronic diseases and natural disasters. This week, the World Bank approved $500 million in grants and low-interest loans to combat the natural threat of a locust invasion in East Africa and
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