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Organized by the African Union (AU) Commission in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and The World Bank, this webinar aims to promote AU member states’ internalization of the Framework for Irrigation Development and Agricultural Water Management (IDAWM)....

Context: FAO and its partners seek to create a “Digital Innovation Ecosystem” that brings together experts, young entrepreneurs, public sectors, researches and civil societies to find innovative joint solutions that address the global challenges in the food and agriculture sector. Activities that fall within this ecosystem include opportunities to engage young...

Context In April, the FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and the Chair of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment Angela Thoko Didiza co-convened the AU-FAO ministerial meeting on the impacts of COVID-19 on food security in Africa. The meeting was moderated by the AU Commissioner...

The special event will launch the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020 (SOFI 2020). The report contains the most recent and authoritative estimates of the extent of hunger, food insecurity malnutrition, and malnutrition around the world. Is the world on track to achieve Zero Hunger?   As the 2030 deadline looms, SOFI...

Funding and investments opportunities for agrifood SMEs are scarce in Africa, due to the perceived risks of the agricultural sector, coupled with the lack of capacity of financial institutions and private investors to assess profitable business opportunities within agribusiness markets.  The new pandemic threat from COVID-19 is making these challenges even...