All around the globe, thousands of food small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their expert supporters were asked, “How to boost the role of SMEs in providing good food for all?” This report shares their compelling response.

It is essential that SMEs remain in operation to keep the food system functioning. GAIN has launched video guidance for firms to help prevent the transmission of the virus in their operation. The animations focus on providing general and specific gui...

This handbook is intended to guide farmers, extension personnel, students of agriculture and researchers in Nigeria to use improved varieties and complementary production practices to increase productivity. The guide draws its lessons from the wo...

In the third edition of our Compass series, we explore the barriers that are preventing young people from working and earning in Kenya’s biggest industry: agriculture. Drawing on new insights from interviews with more than 2,000 young Kenyans, we...

Even before the Covid-19 outbreak, the agriculture sector in most African countries faced numerous challenges that stood as barriers to food security and sustainability. These challenges included but were not limited to climate disasters, conflicts,...

The achievement of the first two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – end poverty and hunger by 2030 – requires substantial investments. To fully contribute to sustainable development, both public and private investments should be perfectly aligned...

Measures that empower young agri-entrepreneurs should be a key component of a sustainable development-centred investment promotion strategy. The very realization of future generations’ food security, the sustainable transformation of food systems and...

"Let's unblock the bottlenecks that are holding back potential by increasing coordination and upskilling human capacity in African nations," the FAO Director-General urged. "And let's unlock funds and streamline public financial systems, so that the...

In 2016, total agriculture exports stood at N60.7 billion or 0.7% of total exports for the period. In 2017, total agricultural exports grew by 180.7% over the previous year to close at N170.4 billion and it accounted for 1.3% of total exports. By 201...

World Intellectual Property Day 2021 shines a light on the critical role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the economy and how they can use intellectual property (IP) rights to build stronger, more competitive and resilient businesses.

This is a Masterclass on how to build a profitable and sustainable dairy business.

On top of a decade of exacerbated disaster loss, exceptional global heat, retreating ice and rising sea levels, humanity and our food security face a range of new and unprecedented hazards, such as megafires, extreme weather events, desert locust swa...