Announced in 2019 at the second high-level G20 Compact with Africa conference, the Compact with Africa Green Businesses Fund (CwA) became operational in early 2021. With an initial capitalization...
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Currently in Timor-Leste, the main challenges for women remain deep poverty, frequent cases of domestic violence and lack of recognition of women’s contribution to the political, economic and social spheres...
With each day that passes, more lives are at stake as hunger tightens its grip in southern Madagascar. This is the stark warning from two United Nations agencies, the Food...
As part of efforts to ensure sustainability and scalability of efforts to build capacity in Tanzania to respond to the challenges posed by climate change to agriculture, IITA organized a series of awareness creation...
The Council today approved conclusions affirming the EU's commitment to give new impetus to its partnership with the Horn of Africa, and establishing a new strategy for the region.
For the unsuspecting farmer, the Desert Locust is a formidable enemy. These wretched pests have a voracious appetite, multiply rapidly and travel up to 150 kilometers a day with the capacity to devour...
Southern Africa: The main agricultural season is ending, with the harvest of summer crops starting in April. Production prospects are favourable, thanks to generally good agrometeorological conditions...
Conflict, pandemic-related economic shocks, and climate change are compounding to send hunger levels in food-insecure countries to a five-year high, according to the 2021 “Global Report on Food...
Bangladesh has improved the resilience of its highly vulnerable coastal zone, having an integrated approach of cyclone shelters, strengthened polder systems, nature-based solutions, and early...
On April 22-23, President Biden hosted a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate to catalyze global ambition to address the climate crisis. The Summit convened world leaders to galvanize...