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13 March 2024, Accra – The 3rd African Agribusiness Leaders Dialogue (AALD3), held online and in person in Accra, has highlighted the barrier-breaking role of young African 'agripreneurs' in the agrifood sector. Hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Africa, AALD3 gathered perspectives...
11 March 2024, Harare - In Zimbabwe, the emergence of new plant pests, such as the Fall Armyworm (FAW), poor agronomic practices, toxification of pollinators and death of livestock due to Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) severely limits farmers' efforts and threatens the agricultural production targets set by the Government to...
The inaugural workshops of the Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Programme (DSL-IP) were successfully held in the Chobe and Tutume sub-basins on 15 December 2023 and 18 January 2024, respectively. This programme is implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the Government of...
28 February 2024, Harare - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concluded a three-week long training for Farmer Field Schools (FFS) Facilitators to contribute towards curbing the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the poultry value chain in Zimbabwe. The objective was to train participants on...
In a region where about 70 percent of the population depend on agriculture, the frequency of El Niño occurrences in Southern Africa surpasses the norm, resulting in erratic weather patterns that significantly impact food security. With the return of the El Niño oceanographic phenomenon, following three years of La Niña, the...
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