This report, commissioned by SAFIN, is a scoping analysis covering 5 value chains in Burkina Faso, Niger and Senegal. The scoping analysis is the first step of a two-phase learning approach, aiming to provide a thorough understanding of agricultural...
Sipamandla Manqele is a bright young entrepreneur livening up pantries with a unique range of food and beverage products that hero African ingredients and economically empower the local communities they're sourced from
One of the most powerful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) actions a company can take is to support diverse business partners and significantly increase their spending with diverse suppliers and vendors in their value chain. By making its va...
As the world works towards food system transformation, the role of various stakeholders serving small farmers and agri-SMEs has gained increasing importance. The market of business development services (BDS) for agri-SMEs has grown significantly in t...
Value addition and food processing are critical for the growth of the African economy, yet several challenges limit its potential to unlock economic growth. Agriculture provides employment to more than 60% of the population in Africa and this will in...
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...
The AGRA Food Security Monitor reviews and discusses changes in selected variables and their implications on food trade and food and nutrition security. The discussions presented focus on selected countries of interest to the AGRA Regional Food Trad...
Nigeria’s economy was still recovering from the 2016 recession when the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in early 2020. The collapse of global oil prices in 2014–16, combined with lower domestic oil production put the brakes on economic activity. Although N...
This research highlights steps that are crucial to keeping operations running now and into the future.
What mindset and leadership skills will help you thrive in 2021? Learn more about mindsets and mental health by reading this fourteenth edition of the online magazine on Inclusive Business! The illustration was developed by Christopher Malapitan,...
GAIN and partners, including the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network (co-convened by the World Food Programme (WFP)), undertook a survey of food system SMEs in 14 countries in October/November 2020, aiming to assess the impacts of the COVID...