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Mali’s High Council for Agriculture held its 16th session on 9 June 9, 2026 in Koulouba, on the eve of the launch of the new farming season.
Nigeria’s Ministry of Youth Development, in partnership with the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have launched the National Youth in Agribusiness Land Trust Fund, an initiative aimed at improving access to land for young Nigerians engaged in agribusiness.
Mali’s Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Ibrahima Samaké, met in Bamako with a high-level delegation from the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) Commission, led by Dr. Paul Koffi Koffi, to discuss a massive financing framework targeting three priority agricultural value chains valued at 6,000 billion CFA francs.
Botswana says it has suppressed the foot‑and‑mouth disease outbreak in its northern control zones but movement restrictions will remain in force.
In Fada N’Gourma, eastern Burkina Faso, newly developed market gardening sites established by the authorities are helping hundreds of internally…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has intensified efforts to promote deforestation-free finance in Nigeria, chiefly on cocoa and oil palm production in the Niger Delta region.
The government of Burkina Faso officially launched a major agricultural support operation in Kaya on Monday, May 18, 2026, aimed at stabilizing populations returning to areas recently recaptured from armed groups.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated the “New Delta” Integrated Agricultural Project on Sunday, a vast programme designed to bolster the country’s food security by cultivating millions of hectares of desert land in the El Dabaa region.
The Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) and stakeholders in agriculture sector have called for stronger innovation, investment, and policy reforms to build a resilient sector and secure Nigeria’s path to food security.
The government of Burkina Faso has authorized the ratification of several loan and grant agreements totaling more than 164 billion CFA francs to overhaul the nation’s agricultural sector.