News & Events
Bill Gates pushes for more attention on Africa
Associated PressThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced plans Thursday to move beyond seeds, fertilizer and agriculture extension services and into politics and public policy in its efforts to bring a green revolution to sub-Saharan Africa. The foundation gave the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa $15 million to influence agricultural policy in more than a dozen African nations
Bill Gates offre 120 millions de dollars au développement agricole
Agence France PresseLe fondateur de Microsoft et philanthrope américain Bill Gates doit annoncer jeudi un don de 120 millions de dollars destiné au développement de la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique et en Inde, selon une organisation de développement bénéficiaire.
Bill Gates offre 120 millions de dollars pour le développement agricole
Jeune Afrique (France)Bill Gates doit annoncer ce jeudi un don de 120 millions de dollars à destination de l'Afrique et de l'Inde. Les fonds seront affectés à des projets de développement de la sécurité alimentaire.
Bill Gates otorga ayuda a la agricultura
CNN Expansion (Mexico)La Fundación Bill y Melinda Gates donará otros 120 mdd para fortalecer el sector en países pobres; su objetivo es fomentar la autoayuda entre los pequeños productores para que impulsen sus economías.
AGRA Launches Policy Initiative to Empower Africa To Shape Home-grown Agricultural Policies [Français]
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) today 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.
AGRA Grantees Meet in Mali to Strengthen African Seed Systems
Agricultural scientists, entrepreneurs, farmers’ organizations and governments from 20 countries gathered in Bamako, Mali, on 5 October 2009 for a continent-wide conference sponsored by AGRA’s Program for African Seed Systems (PASS). They shared news on progress and set plans to accelerate a major effort to develop and deploy higher-yielding, drought and disease-resistant crop varieties of Africa’s most important food crops.
Public and Private Partnership Launches to Breathe New Life Into West Africa's Commercial Seed Sector
A broad coalition of public and private sector organizations today announced a new partnership committed to raising the yields and incomes of smallholder farmers in West Africa by increasing their access to improved, locally adapted varieties of major food crops.
5 October 2009
Key Players in African Seed Sector Meet to Accelerate Drive for Seed Systems Serving African Smallholder Farmers
At a time when failing harvests are once again threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions across Africa, 300 agriculture scientists, entrepreneurs, farmers’ organizations and governments from across the continent have gathered to accelerate a massive effort to develop and deploy higher-yield, disease and drought resistant crop varieties of Africa’s most important food crops.
Mobilising Parliamentary Action towards Agriculture, Food Security and Development in Africa
AGRA and the Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa (AWEPA) launched a new partnership today to support African parliamentarians as they promote policies to help smallholder farmers make the transition from subsistence to market-oriented agriculture, a change that will require a comprehensive transformation of Africa’s agricultural system. Prior to signing the agreement, Dr Akin Adesina delivered a speech to participants of the 25th anniversary of AWEPA, calling on Parliaments all across Africa to join in support of African farmers.
New African-European Partnership Launched to Strengthen Parliamentary Action in Support of African Agricultural Development [Français]
AGRA and the Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa (AWEPA) announced today a new partnership to support African parliamentarians as they promote policies to help smallholder farmers make the transition from subsistence to market-oriented agriculture, a change that will require a comprehensive transformation of Africa’s agricultural system.
16 September 2009
Grieving the Death and Celebrating the Life of Dr Norman Borlaug
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa grieves the passing of Dr Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revolution and an infinite source of inspiration in the cause of ending hunger and poverty. We celebrate his life, his dedicated work and passionate resolve. It was through Dr Borlaug’s efforts that farmers across much of Asia and Latin America were able to grow enough food to avert famine and save the lives of hundreds of millions of people.
Father of 'Green Revolution' Dies
Wall Street Journal (USA)Nobel Peace laureate Norman E. Borlaug, whose breeding of crops for poor farmers led to Asia's famine-defusing Green Revolution four decades ago, died Saturday night after a long battle with cancer. He was 95. Earlier this decade, as the number of hungry began to swell again, Dr. Borlaug saw his ideas gain renewed traction. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation allied with the Rockefeller Foundation to form the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa.
Africa can beat poverty, says Equity chairman
Daily Nation (Kenya)Equity Bank’s Peter Munga spoke in Olso, Norway after receiving the Yara prize for his role in transforming small scale agriculture in Africa. The awards were organised by the Yara Foundation whose objective is to support former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s call for an African green revolution and the UN Millennium Project’s goal of halving poverty and hunger in Africa by 2015.
2 September 2009
AGRA President Delivers Keynote address at 2nd World Agroforestry Congress
At the 2nd World Congress on Agro-forestry on 25 August 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya, AGRA President Dr. Namanga Ngongi delivered a keynote address on Achieving African Food Security in an Era of Climate Change.
Trees "vital for food security"
ReliefWebCountries tackling food insecurity and climate change adaptation can greatly benefit from agroforestry – integrating fleshy plants and trees into their farming systems, environmental specialists say.