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Key messages: Africa remains the most food insecure region globally, despite having 60 percent of the world’s uncultivated land. As the continent struggles to cope with conflict...

Highlights: This study focuses on the potential of off-farm production and marketing of organic and biofertilisers (OFBF) to contribute to soil health in Africa , and particularly in SSA: Egypt (Northern Africa)...

Climate change and extreme weather events are heightening levels of acute food insecurity and food crises around the world. As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic and deals...

Highlights: This document summarizes the conclusions of 4 High Level Panel sessions that have taken place during the 5 th AU&EU Agricultural Ministerial Conference on...

Research and innovation (R&I) is a notable area of collaboration in the Africa-EU partnership. In June, two high-level events spotlighted the continents’ collaboration on R&I: the African Union (AU)-European Union...

The Investment guidelines for youth in agrifood systems in Africa, developed jointly by FAO and the African Union Commission (AUC) through a multi-stakeholder and participatory process, highlight the importance of youth...

Over the past few decades, several low- and middle-income economies in Africa and elsewhere have sought to turbocharge growth by adopting an export-led economic model premised on heavy...

Agricultural research and development (R&D) investment is positively associated with high returns, but these returns take time—often decades—to develop. Consequently, the inherent lag from the inception of research...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to a spike in food prices and has heightened concerns about food security. Leaders from a number of countries and organizations met in September...

This report examines financial investment in protein production in sub-Saharan Africa. It begins from the position that investors play an important role in shaping the development of diets and food systems...