Food security and agriculture crucial for African development
Agriculture and food security investment plans, without detailed budgets, are just drafts Tanzania’s Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, said during the East and Central Africa CAADP Nutrition Training Workshop co-organized by NEPAD, COMESA, FAO and other regional organizations. He has also urged those involved in
AfDB approves $300 million for Nigeria’s transport, agriculture sectors
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved US$300 million loan to Nigeria for transport network, infrastructure, agriculture and the power sector between 2013 and 2017, Mr. Ousmane Dore, Resident Representative of the bank told journalists on the bank’s 2013 to 2017 strategic paper, on Friday in Abuja.
Ethiopia Leads the Bamboo Revolution
A combination of an abundance of bamboo and eager foreign investment is making Ethiopia a frontier for the bamboo industrial revolution in Africa, according to this country’s government.
“Ethiopia has the resources, the investment, a rapidly-developing manufacturing industry and a strong demand for
Kenya: AFC Gives Farmers Sh1 Billion Loans
The Agricultural Finance Corporation has so far disbursed more than Sh1 billion as credit to farmers in the North Rift Valley.
Some of the farmers in the region have complained of delayed disbursements from the corporation but managing
