Africa: Blue Transformation: The future of food will be shaped by water -- Africa at the heart of FAO's strategy

General : UniSZA Drives Local Food Industry Innovation With 10 New Products

JERTIH, June 24 (Bernama) -- Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), through its Faculty of Bioresources and Food Industry (FBIM), continues to drive innovation in the local food manufacturing sector with the creation of 10 new food products by its students under the 2026 New Food Product programme.

Kankan : l’État veut faire de l’agriculture un moteur de l’industrialisation locale

« Agro Tour 2026-2027 : rapprocher les champs, les industries et les marchés pour créer davantage de valeur » À Kankan, le constat est sans équivoque : l’agriculture guinéenne doit franchir un nouveau cap. La production ne doit plus se limiter aux champs, mais servir de base à une véritable chaîne de valeur intégrant transformation, conservation, commercialisation []

President Tinubu Tasks Afreximbank on Africa’s Industrial Growth

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to accelerate the mobilisation and deployment of Africa’s human, financial and natural resources to drive the continent’s economic transformation, following the Bank’s 20 billion investment in the Nigerian economy over the past five years. President Tinubu made the remarks while receiving a delegation from [] The post President Tinubu Tasks Afreximbank on Africa’s Industrial Growth appeared first on Voice of Nigeria.

Portrait de MOHAMED BANGOURA « BANKS » : « Les ressources naturelles créent des opportunités » !

À l’heure où la Guinée connaît une phase de transformation économique sans précédent, portée notamment par les grands projets structurants et les ambitions de développement du pays, une question essentielle se pose : comment transformer ces opportunités en prospérité durable pour les populations ? C’est à cette réflexion que Mohamed Bangoura « Banks » consacre plus de [] The post Portrait de MOHAMED BANGOURA « BANKS » : « Les ressources naturelles créent des opportunités » ! first appeared on Guineematin.com.

Ghana’s agroecology debate is intensifying as calls grow for a nature-based food system

As climate change, soil degradation and rising food insecurity place increasing pressure on Ghana's agricultural sector, a growing coalition of scientists, policymakers and development partners is calling for a fundamental rethink of how the country produces food. That debate came into sharp focus at the three-day CIRAWA Agroecology Conference in Accra, where government officials, researchers, farmers and international organisations gathered to discuss whether agroecology, rather than greater dependence on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and external agricultural inputs, offers Ghana a more sustainable future. While participants shared a common vision of building resilient food systems, discussions also exposed deeper questions about who should shape Ghana's agricultural future, what role science should play, and how much influence foreign funding should have over national food policies.