19/10/2023
This week’s Science and Innovation Forum at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) offered an opportunity to showcase innovations and collaborations which have the potential to transform agrifood systems and step up climate action - new technologies, public–private partnerships, knowledge-sharing networks, and capacity building programmes.
Against this backdrop, FAO and the International Agri-Food Network (IAFN), a coalition of international agrifood trade associations and national farmer organizations, welcomed a new cohort of 50 participants to their Accelerator Mentorship Programme for Women-led SMEs in Africa. The programme, in its second year, pairs selected women entrepreneurs from small and medium...