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New Times (Rwanda) By Eric Kabeera, 29 September 2012 The chairman of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Kofi Annan, has advised African government to put more emphasis on supporting small scale farmers as a way of fighting poverty as well as hunger in the continent....

Press release28 September 2012, Arusha — The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) announced a US$10 million grant to support the development of Africa-based innovations to boost African agricultural growth. Mr. Henrik Riby, Representative, Sida and Mrs. Jane...

Press release (AGRF 2012) 28 September 2012, Arusha — Leaders and visionaries in promoting a Green Revolution in Africa were honoured last night at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) Awards gala dinner in Arusha. The AGRF Awards recognize Africa's top leaders in the quest to create awareness of...

Arusha, Tanzania (23 August, 2012) – Tanzania’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives the Honorable Christopher Chiza and President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Jane Karuku today announced that Tanzania will host the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) from September 26th to 28th, 2012....

Yolandi Groenewald, CityPress (South Africa) Farmers have the enthusiasm but need the necessary support from the government. This was the message of Kofi Annan, chairman of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and former Secretary-General of the United Nations on the first day of the three-day African...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for Round 10 of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health and development solutions. Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government...

by Eric Kadenge19 September 2012 - Smallholder banana growers, like other smallscale farmers, can struggle to find a good market for their crop or earn a high price. They may also have difficulty obtaining disease-free, high yielding banana plants and other inputs, and this leads to low yields. In...

by Kofi Adu Domfeh 18 September 2012 - Continuous cropping from year to year combined with low rates of fertiliser usage have led to exhausted, infertile soils in many parts of Africa, and low crop yields for farmers. In recent years, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa...

18 September 2012 - The results are in! The winners of the AGRA/WRENmedia Competition have been selected and will be awarded at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Arusha, Tanzania on 27 September 2012. The competition complimented the upcoming themes to be discussed during the AGRF next week....

Oslo (2012-09-05): The Yara Prize 2012 is being awarded to Dr. Agnes Kalibata, Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources in Rwanda, and to Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, outgoing CEO of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) in Ethiopia.The Yara Prize Committee has selected two prominent African female leaders for their work on...