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Celebrating Ivorian coffee and supporting communities in Côte d’Ivoire: a commitment by Nestlé

In 2025, coffee consumption in Ivory Coast is projected to reach approximately 1.38 million kilograms, generating $32.13 million in total revenue across both at-home and out-of-home markets

On a quiet morning in Gnamagnoa, in western Côte d’Ivoire, farmer François Dadi Serikpa harvests his coffee. The former bus driver switched to coffee farming after his retirement. The father of twelve children and grandfather of twenty-one grandchildren, has found new meaning in life and newfound prosperity thanks to the…

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Regional Office for Africa
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Regional Office for Africa |

FAO and RUFORUM Renew Partnership for Agricultural Education & Innovation in Africa

The renewed five-year collaboration reaffirms FAO and RUFORUM’s shared commitment to advancing higher agricultural education, research, and innovation across Africa

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) have renewed their partnership through the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during a virtual ceremony attended by senior officials from both institutions. The renewed five-year collaboration…

Parliament of the Republic of Uganda
Source: Parliament of the Republic of Uganda |

Uganda: Parliament gives green light on external funding for crucial projects

The project will promote an inclusive competitive agricultural sector through the establishment of systems and infrastructure to enhance the volume, safety and quality of agricultural projects on the market

Government will proceed to access loan funding for critical national projects, after getting a nod from Parliament on the financing for several infrastructure and agricultural plans. During the sitting on Wednesday, 29 October 2025, chaired by Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa, legislators approved borrowing worth US$1.341 billion which had previously been…

Parliament of the Republic of Uganda
Source: Parliament of the Republic of Uganda |

Tayebwa Urges Finnish Firms to Invest in Coffee Value Addition in Uganda

Citing recent global trade estimates, Tayebwa revealed that the coffee industry generates about US$452 billion annually

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has urged Finnish companies to channel investments into coffee value addition, saying this is the surest way to help Uganda and other African producers tap into the lucrative global coffee market. Meeting with Members of the Commerce Committee of the Parliament of Finland,…

Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Kenya
Source: Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Kenya |

Kenya: Ambassador Guo Haiyan Attends Africa International Agricultural Expo (2025 AIAE)

She highlighted that China is committed to bringing more high-quality African agricultural products to its domestic market

On October 28, the 2nd Africa International Agricultural Expo (2025 AIAE) opened in Nairobi with the support of Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development. The event brought together over 200 policymakers, innovators, farmers, investors, and trade facilitators, along with more than 160 exhibitors from Asia, Africa, and other parts of the world. Ambassador Guo Haiyan and…

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Regional Office for Africa
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Regional Office for Africa |

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is strengthening the operational capacities of country teams in West Africa through sub-regional training

This initiative responds to the urgent need to improve the management of field projects, strengthen implementation performance and consolidate accountability mechanisms in the sub-region

From October 20 to 24, 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a five-day sub-regional training workshop on operations in Saly, Senegal. The objective was to improve the operational performance of project teams in FAO offices in West African countries. Organised by the FAO Sub-Regional…

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Regional Office for Africa
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Regional Office for Africa |

Strengthening livelihoods through fodder value chain development in Somalia

A Scalable model for resilient and inclusive livestock systems

Facing recurrent and intensifying climate shocks, FAO is scaling up a strategic intervention to secure Somali livelihoods. With a dedicated portfolio worth USD 70 million, half invested directly in Fodder Value Chain (FVC) development, FAO Somalia demonstrates how a multi-project, systems-based approach builds resilience, drives productivity, and stabilizes incomes across the country.  Livestock…

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Regional Office for Africa
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Regional Office for Africa |

Digital innovation for resilient agriculture: lessons from Zambia

Harnessing e-registers, e-vouchers and e-extension, to transform farmer support and service delivery

Across Africa, digital technologies are rapidly reshaping the way governments, development partners, and farmers interact. In Zambia, this digital transformation is taking root through the Zambia Integrated Agriculture Management Information System (ZIAMIS) – a pioneering platform designed to improve transparency, efficiency, and resilience across agricultural programmes. At the recent FAO…

World Food Programme (WFP)
Source: World Food Programme (WFP) |

World Food Programme (WFP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) call for urgent action as hunger deepens in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Malnutrition among children remains a concern in the eastern provinces of Ituri, South Kivu, and Tanganyika, where poor dietary diversity, limited access to healthcare, and recurring disease outbreaks continue to exacerbate the situation

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warn today of the escalating humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with acute food insecurity remaining stubbornly high and emergency hunger levels surging in the conflict-hit eastern provinces. According to the latest Integrated…

Republic of South Africa: The Parliament
Source: Republic of South Africa: The Parliament |

South Africa: Agriculture Committee Successfully Begins Its Week-Long Oversight Visit to the Eastern Cape

The committee heard that between 70-90 farmers formed a cooperative and that capacity building and training takes place at the project, which empowers local farmers in productive farming methods in the Keiskamahoek area

The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture successfully began its week-long oversight visit to the Eastern Cape yesterday by visiting farmer production support units, including Ncera Macadamia Nuts Farm in Ncera Village in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and Zanyokhwe Farmer Production Support Unit in Keiskamahoek in the Amahlathi Local Municipality, to…