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Pacific stakeholders call on Ministers for action to transform agriculture and improve nutrition

Apia, Samoa, 30 October 2019. Pacific stakeholders have called on Ministers for policy action at national and regional levels to improve nutrition and incomes, increase access to finance and insurance, and transform agricultural systems. The calls were made in a communiqué issued at the 2nd Pacific Week of Agriculture (PWA), held in Apia, Samoa from 30 September to 4 October.

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Young innovators transforming African agriculture awarded in Accra - Winners of Pitch AgriHack competition announced

Accra, Ghana, 6 September 2019. Seven young agricultural entrepreneurs, including four women, were awarded today for digital innovations during the closing plenary at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Accra.

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Competition to promote agri-innovation and entrepreneurship in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 8 August 2019. A Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) sponsored competition that will support Ethiopian agricultural entrepreneurs was launched yesterday with a prize fund of an estimated €35,000 (over 1 million Ethiopian birr).

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CTA awards grants to support blockchain use in agriculture across ACP

CTA has awarded four grants to support the use of blockchain in agriculture across Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP).

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Untapped market for digital services to transform African agriculture worth up to €2.3 billion, new report finds

Rome, Italy, 21 June 2019. More than 90% of the market for digital services that support African smallholders remains untapped and could be worth more than €2 billion (US$2.26bn), according to a new report.

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Africa’s first online network for women entrepreneurs in agribusiness launched in Nairobi

Nairobi, Kenya, 14 June 2019. Female agripreneurs across Africa will be able to connect, network and grow their businesses thanks to the new #VALUE4HERConnect platform. More than 400 women have signed up to Africa’s first online platform for female agripreneurs, launched today at a trade fair in Nairobi.

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Speech by Michael Hailu, Director of CTA

The theme of this year's CWA is investment in the food and agriculture sector, and this is a critical constraint for many Caribbean producers. Marketed and distributed properly, quality fresh and value-added agrifood products can be dynamic sources of jobs and income – if only the people behind these enterprises can access the finance and business development support they need to turn them into profitable ventures.

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Investing in Food and Agriculture in the Caribbean

The theme of the 14th edition of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture Investing in Food and Agriculture in the Caribbean could not be more apt or timely. Investing in agriculture is one of the most effective ways of reducing poverty and promoting sustainability. Yet financial commitment to this sector is still inadequate in the Caribbean, as in many countries of Africa, and the Pacific, despite the promise that agriculture holds for creating jobs, incomes, food security and protecting public health.

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Scaling up farmer organisation success

In September 2019, CTA held an experience capitalisation workshop around their partnership programme ‘Building the next generation of farmers in Africa’, highlighting four key areas of impact: advocacy, value chain, digitalisation and capitalisation.

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Healthy soils for African food security

The more farmers there are, the less there is to eat; this is an historic pattern that has become an economic law worldwide, and still describes African reality today. Most agrarian countries, where agriculture is (one of) the most important contributors to national income, are characterised by serious food insecurity and poverty. In such countries, the ratio of consumers: producers is unfavourable and consequently farmers’ incomes are too low to invest in more productive systems.

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Malagasy trained in the use of UAS towards national development

Recognising the opportunities drones provide for agriculture, CTA launched the project Transforming African Agriculture: Eyes in the Sky, Smart Techs on the Ground in 2016 to provide technical assistance to start-ups across Africa.

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Creating frictionless supply chains

Binkabi is a platform for the issuing, trading and financing of commodities on the blockchain. CEO and founder, Quan Le, spoke with us to explain the ins and outs of the application and provide some advice for others interested in taking up blockchain technology.

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ProFish: a catch for Ghanaian fisherfolk

"The Digitalisation of African Agriculture Report, 2018-2019" reveals that the uptake of D4Ag solutions among women in sub-Saharan Africa is low. Though up to 50% of farmers there are women, D4Ag registration among them is approximately 25%. However, at least one young woman is changing the narrative by not only using but creating a digital solution to promote food security. Caroline Pomeyie is co-founder and CEO of ProFish Ghana Limited, a start-up with huge potential to transform the fishing industry.

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Trackball Global Technologies - Helping urban farmers

Trackball Global Technologies is one of Nigeria’s newest D4Ag companies. Founded in 2019, Trackball provides ICT solutions. Through its e-learning platform, AgriCo, entrepreneurs in urban areas learn best practices for growing crops and rearing animals from the comfort of their homes with interactive online classes tutored by experts in agriculture.

CTA is a joint institution operating under the framework of the Cotonou Agreement between the ACP Group of States (Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific) and the EU Member States (European Union). CTA is funded by the European Union.

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Pacific stakeholders call on Ministers for action to transform agriculture and improve nutrition

Young innovators transforming African agriculture awarded in Accra - Winners of Pitch AgriHack competition announced

Competition to promote agri-innovation and entrepreneurship in Ethiopia

CTA awards grants to support blockchain use in agriculture across ACP

Untapped market for digital services to transform African agriculture worth up to €2.3 billion, new report finds

Africa’s first online network for women entrepreneurs in agribusiness launched in Nairobi

Speeches

Speech by Michael Hailu, Director of CTA

Investing in Food and Agriculture in the Caribbean

Impact Stories

Scaling up farmer organisation success

Healthy soils for African food security

Malagasy trained in the use of UAS towards national development

Creating frictionless supply chains

ProFish: a catch for Ghanaian fisherfolk

Trackball Global Technologies - Helping urban farmers

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