When Farmers Prosper Africa Prospers COMMENT | DAVID WOZEMBA WATAKA | Uganda undoubtedly grows more food than it eats. While several of our neighbours still import grain to feed their people, our farmers continue to send maize, beans and rice across the borders into regional markets. That is a …
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Uganda has spent the past two decades strengthening agricultural research, building seed systems and investing in institutions that support farmers. Yet as scientists, policymakers, agribusiness leaders and development partners gathered in Kampala to celebrate the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa – AGRA’s 20th anniversary, one question dominated the …
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Two decades of progress provide a platform for Uganda’s next agricultural leap Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda must do more to ensure agricultural innovations developed by scientists reach farmers if the country is to translate its vast agricultural potential into higher incomes, jobs and food security, stakeholders …
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Nairobi, Kenya | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Pan-African institution AGRA has been awarded the Norman E. Borlaug Medallion by the World Food Prize Foundation, in recognition of the institution’s two decades of contribution to advancing food systems transformation across the continent. Since 2006, AGRA has worked with its partners, …
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Why climate vulnerability data could be the compass for country’s resilient food system Entebbe, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On a breezy October 22 morning in Entebbe, a mix of scientists, policymakers, and agricultural experts gathered in a lakeside resort conference room with a shared sense of urgency. Maps …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Business Council (EABC) has partnered with AGRA on a new project titled “Promoting Intra-EAC Agri-Food Cross-Border Trade by Addressing Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) to Trade.” The initiative aims to increase agri-food trade, particularly maize, rice, beans, soybeans, and horticulture, across key East African …
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A Grand Finale to the Africa Food Systems Forum 2024 Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda President Paul Kagame has commended the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), under the leadership of former Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Dessalegn as Board Chair and AGRA President Dr. Agnes Kalibata for ensuring that Africa …
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MSMEs highlighted as a force in building Africa’s food systems in latest leading agriculture report Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has launched its 2024 Africa Agriculture Status Report that highlights the transformative role of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) …
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Critics say AGRA has been unable to provide evidence of its positive impacts SPECIAL FEATURE | SETHI NCUBE | Africa’s largest food producer networks and their allies demand a decisive shift away from imported fossil-fuel-based fertilisers and chemicals and towards self-sufficient, ecological farming that revitalises soil and protects ecosystems. Farmers …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists, entrepreneurs, institutional leaders and students from Africa and beyond are meeting in Kigali, Rwanda and online for the second continental African Plant Breeders Association Conference (APBAConf2021). The week’s long conference is expected to end on Oct.29. Guided by the theme, “Accelerating Genetic Gains in …
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