Mariama Moussa Boussi: Leading Niger’s Agri-Finance Reforms
08/01/2026Agriculture remains the economic backbone of Niger, employing more than 80 per cent of the population and contributing roughly 40 per cent of national GDP, yet it is also the.
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Women Spearheading Intra-African Agricultural Development
21/03/2025Across Africa, women are driving a quiet revolution in agriculture. For generations, they have worked the land, planting, weeding, and harvesting, yet their contributions have often gone unrecognised. They even.
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International Day of Rural Women: Celebrating Africa’s Agricultural Backbone
15/10/2024“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” This is an excellent quote that captures the resilience of rural women across Africa. Each.
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IFAD to invest $53m in Rwanda’s agricultural sector
09/09/2018The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) will grow its investment in support to Rwanda’s agriculture to about $53 million in 2019-2021 from about $45 million in the 2016 –.
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Mauritania: IFAD’s U.S. $21M Grant to Boost Food Security, Nutrition and Reduce Rural Poverty
12/01/2017A total of 285,600 farmers, particularly women and young people in six regions in southern Mauritania will benefit from a financial agreement signed today between the International Fund for.
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