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Gates Foundation Pledges $7 Billion for Health, Farming in Africa
Bill Gates, on a visit to Kenya, has announced his foundation will spend $7 billion to improve health, gender equality and farming in Africa.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Global Fertilizer Challenge Raises $135 million for Fertilizer Efficiency and Soil Health Measures to Combat Food Insecurity
The funding is for fertilizer efficiency and soil health programs to combat fertilizer shortages and food insecurity.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: AGRA Retreats from its Own ‘Green Revolution’
AGRA’s new strategy fails to take steps to better ensure that small-scale farmers see benefits from its proposed $550 million five-year plan.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- food security
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Analysis: Regenerative Agriculture Seen as Answer to Averting Africa’s Growing Food Crisis
Unsustainable farming, which exacerbates climate change and leads to further extreme weather events, is behind the degradation of Africa’s soils.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- climate change
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The Warehouse Solution: Why Smart Storage is the Key to Africa’s Food Security
A chain of overlapping crises has raised urgent questions about the state of food security in Africa. This has led to a growing focus on boosting the region's agricultural productivity and strengthening intra-Africa trade. But according to Kamaldeen Raji at AFEX, storage has traditionally been a neglected aspect of these efforts – despite the fact that almost 40% of Africa's food perishes before it reaches consumers. He explores why improving storage infrastructure is an essential step in establishing true food security on the continent.
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- Agriculture
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Eugene Willemsen, CEO – PepsiCo AMESA, Shares the Company’s “Positive” Outlook on Sustainability
In an exclusive interview with Gulf Business ahead of COP27, Willemsen sheds light on how sustainability and regenerative agriculture initiatives.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
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- climate change
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Uganda Receives €68 Million From German Government for Climate Resilience and Energy
The German government is providing €68.8 million to build climate resilience in the agriculture and energy sectors in Uganda.
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- Agriculture, Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Can Blockchain Make Chocolate More Just?
Producers in the Ecuadorian Amazon found that consumers are willing to pay more for cocoa that uses transparent supply chains.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- blockchain
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