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At dawn, as the first lorries leave the bustling markets of Maradi, in Niger, the road to neighbouring countries stretches out like a promise. In the back of the trailers,…

Faced with the challenge of feeding a rapidly growing population, CORAF has deployed a network of ten agricultural technology and innovation parks in eight countries. From…

West African leaders and partners ended the West Africa Rice Investment Roundtable with a clear and strong message: the region needs more investment in rice to boost food…

The Deputy Minister of Agriculture II, Hon. Sahr Hemore, on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, has officially received a package of operational…

Since 23 May 2026, a mission to develop the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) for the West Africa Food System Resilience Programme in Chad (FSRP) has been deployed in the…

Faced with ever-increasing demand for rice, Togo is accelerating the modernisation of its rice sector, which is still hampered by shortcomings in local processing. Having…

As part of the programme to develop 1,000 hectares of modern farms for community agricultural cooperatives, the FSRP-SN officially handed over the sites in February to the…

For many years, smallholder farmers in rural communities struggled to increase their yields despite their hard work and experience. Limited access to practical research and…

Two years ago, riverine farming communities across Sierra Leone lost an estimated 15% of their rice production due to flooding, resulting in reduced yields, lost incomes,…

For a long time, farmers lived at the mercy of an unpredictable sky, and the weather was almost a mystery. Should they sow now…