News & Events
Soil management support for smallholder farmers in West Africa’s Desert Margins [Français]
Farmers across the dry lands of West Africa have long struggled with a harsh climate and depleted soils. Now, a US$8.9 million program funded by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), and implemented the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and national partners will enable 300,000 farm households to tackle those challenges.
New Financing Program Launched for Uganda’s Smallholder Farmers
Stanbic Bank Uganda, the nation’s largest financial institution, has teamed up with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and Kilimo Trust to create an innovative US$25 million fund for Africa’s smallholder farmers and small- and medium-sized agricultural businesses previously considered too risky for lending.
AGRA and NEPAD Form Historic Partnership To Rapidly Increase Food Production and Achieve Food Security in Africa
AGRA and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) announced a groundbreaking partnership that will link African government commitments to agricultural development with concrete programs in seeds, soil health, policy, and markets.
AGRA and NEPAD: A Partnership for Action
World Food Security: Can Private Sector R&D Feed the Poor?
Dr. Namanga Ngongi addresses the Crawford Fund 2009 Annual International Conference on behalf of AGRA, thanking the Crawford Fund for its dedication to addressing a central issue of development: the effective use of research to achieve food security, especially for Africa, where one third of the population faces chronic hunger.
Exciting Progress on Farmer-driven Seed Systems in Africa [Français]
Welcome and introduction by Dr. Joe DeVries, Director of AGRA's Program for Africa's Seed Systems (PASS), at a meeting of AGRA PASS grantees in Bamako, Mali. 5 October 2009
Mozambique: Agra Launches Soil Management Programme
AGRA launched in Maputo on Thursday 2 October 2009, the "Programme for Integrated Soil Management" aimed at improving production among 20,000 farmers in the fertile province of Nampula and Zambezia.
Technical Fixes Needed to Stem Crop Losses
SciDev.NetMore than half of crops planted in developing countries are destroyed by pests and diseases, and by inadequate storage or transport, a global food summit has heard.
Could Regulation Ease Fears Over Land Grabs?
Inter Press ServiceThe 'land rush' across Africa by international investors should be regulated to protect smallholder farmers from deals that could leave them landless and hungry. Akin Adesina, vice president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), a partnership to boost productivity of small-scale farming supported by the Rockefeller and Gates Foundations, said the sale or lease of African land should be done in a transparent manner.
20 Million People At Risk of Famine
New Vision (Uganda)IN the 50 years since the era of independence began, Africa has come a long way. Our freedom is enshrined in law. Embassies of African nations operate around the world but we are not fully free and cannot be until we end the chronic hunger that afflicts nearly 220 million Africans every day.
Policy Pivotal in Attaining African Food Security
African Executive (Kenya)The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has launched an initiative to empower African governments to shape home-grown agricultural policies that provide comprehensive support to smallholder farmers. The initiative is supported by a US$15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Opening Speech by the Minister of Agriculture, Mali, Mr Aghatan Alhassane, at the 1st PASS Grantee Conference
Malaian Agriculture Minister speaks at the PASS meeting at the 1st International PASS meeting and talks about the march towards a green revolution in Africa,’ and the importance of gathering experts in seed production, researchers of national and international research institutions, seed companies, distributors of agricultural inputs, farmers and policy makers.
'Greener' Green Revolution the Aim of New Gates Foundation Grants
AllAfricaIn advance of World Food Day, marked on 16 October every year, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a total of $120 million in grants for nine agricultural projects. African initiatives were the major beneficiaries.
Bill Gates calls for new green revolution in agriculture
Seattle Times (USA)Speaking at the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa, Gates is also announcing a $120 million package of agriculture-related grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to nine institutions around the world.