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France’s Macron Unveils a $27 Billion Investment in Africa at a Partnership Summit in Kenya
New partnerships between the African nations and France “must not be built on dependency but on sovereign equality, not on aid or charity but on mutually beneficial investment, and not on extraction or exploitation but on win-win engagements,” Ruto said.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PepsiCo and Talusag Announce Low-Carbon Ammonia Attribute Agreement to Help Accelerate Fertilizer Decarbonization
The initial agreements span PepsiCo’s Europe, Sub Saharan Africa, Asia Pacific, and global teams, representing approximately 30,000 metric tons of low-carbon ammonia, with an option to purchase an additional 41,000 metric tons.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
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Women Farmers Remain the Missing Link in India’s Digital Agriculture Push
Indian agriculture is intricately connected with gender, caste, patriarchy and entrenched power relations; without accounting for these, digital agriculture will be insufficient to transform rural livelihoods in real terms.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Bayer Foundation and UNCDF Announce Inaugural Investments of the Food Systems Innovation Finance Facility in Agri-Businesses Omia and SokoFresh
As concessional resources contract, the need to mobilize additional capital into high-impact sectors such as food systems has become increasingly urgent.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Global
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iFarmer Secures $1.5 Million Foreign Funding to Strengthen Agri Value Chain
The investment will support iFarmer’s working capital requirements, enabling it to expand agricultural input distribution and strengthen market linkages for farmers across Bangladesh.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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GAFSP Announces $38 Million in Grants to Support Smallholder Farmers Across Africa, Asia, and the Americas
The latest allocation by GAFSP places a strong emphasis on strengthening the capacities and financial sustainability of producer organizations, while scaling up tested innovations for smallholder agriculture.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
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World Bank Approves $500 Million to Boost Nigeria’s Agriculture, Target One Million Farmers
The project is designed to improve farm productivity, strengthen value chains, and create jobs, while helping to stabilise food supply in Africa’s most populous nation.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Fundación Alpura Invests USD $2.6 Million in Food Security
Beyond food access, the organization implemented environmental education programs, water access initiatives and infrastructure projects, including rainwater harvesting and clean energy systems in schools and rural communities.
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- Agriculture, Education, Environment, Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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