As part of the increasing discourse towards global partnerships for mobilising resources to support sustainable development projects, the European Union (EU) Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) led the way by organising the Blending4Ag Conference in Brussels, Belgium on 7-8 November 2016. The Conference brought stakeholders from the private and public sectors, regional organisations, and Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to... More

In the wake of global efforts to improve financing for agriculture, the Bank of Ghana in collaboration with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa – AGRA is designing the Ghana Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) programme. The goal of this instrument is to reduce the perceived risk of agriculture financing... More

    Food security is at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals. The availability of affordable and nutritious food to everyone is important in the fight against poverty and inequality. Today, smallholder farmers largely dominate agriculture in developing countries. Unfortunately, these farmers lack the financial capacity to undertake sustainable agricultural practices. This makes it imperative for private funds to be mobilized to... More