NILI DISTRICT, Daykundi Province – A farm worker uses a pick to soften the earth around the almond trees as Ewaz Ali waters the trees with a hose attached to a nearby solar-powered water pump. This new...
Date: July 9, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
YAOUNDÉ, May 19, 2017—In a field located on the outskirts of Maroua in the Far North region of Cameroon, Marie Bahane looks pleased as she sees the 22 bags of sorghum she produced from her fields this...
Date: May 19, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
LOMÉ, May 15, 2017-Although it is home to 13 percent of the global population, Africa provides just 4 percent of the world’s poultry products. The average African eats one egg every five or six weeks,...
Date: May 15, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
LUANDA, May 2, 2017 - Barnabe Chico Saguale is the president of a farmer’s field school in Bie, a province that lies at the very center of Angola. He says he learned a lot from his field school, which...
Date: May 2, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MAPUTO, March 29, 2017–Maize and rice hold a special place in the lives of many Mozambicans. As a food staple, many rural residents rely on these cereals as a primary source of daily intake of nutrients...
Date: March 29, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2017 — The World Bank today approved a $200 million credit to further support the Government of Nigeria in its efforts to enhance agricultural productivity of small and medium scale...
Date: March 23, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
INYI, March 14, 2017 – In many parts of Africa, a series of laudatory appellations called praise songs are widely used to capture the essence of the person or object being praised. In the Inyi...
Date: March 14, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Women are the backbone of the rural economy, especially in developing countries. They make up almost half of the world’s farmers, and over the last few decades, they have broadened their involvement...
Date: March 7, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
BRAZZAVILLE, March 2, 2017─The thing that struck me when I met Noëlle Ntsiessie for the first time was the quality of her language and her general culture, to the point that I could not help asking her...
Date: March 1, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
TANGUIETA, February 23, 2017—“Poaching has no future if Antoine Loana’s entrepreneurial spirit spreads to all the villages adjacent to the biosphere reserves,” remarked a smiling World Bank expert at the...
Date: February 23, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, February 7, 2017 – Improving agriculture regulations in low and middle income countries could go a long way toward feeding the world’s growing population and improving farmers’ livelihoods...
Date: February 7, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Washington, January 23, 2017 – South Africa’s efforts to support emerging farmers got a lift today following the approval of $93 million in long-term financing support by the World Bank Group Board...
Date: January 23, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
NILI DISTRICT, Daykundi Province – Shrubby trees, boxy mud-brick houses, and bare sheaths of rock dot the stark landscape on the two-hour rocky drive from Daykundi’s provincial capital, Nili, to Chahr...
Date: January 4, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MATELILE, December 28, 2016 – Since 2010, Koaile Seithleko has been rearing sheep in Ha Sello, Matelile, in the Mafeteng district of Lesotho. However, until this year, he has never made enough money...
Date: December 28, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON DC, December 21, 2016 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $100 million loan today to increase income generating opportunities for poor farmers in China’s Guangxi Zhuang...
Date: December 21, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Mexico is at the forefront of climate-friendly solutions in various productive sectors. In line with the policies of Mexico's Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food...
Date: December 20, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
BAMAKO, December 9, 2016 ─ Despite the dominant role that crop and livestock farming plays in Mali’s economy, the country has some of the highest rates of acute malnutrition and rural poverty in Africa....
Date: December 9, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
PARIS, December 2, 2016— The World Bank Group pledged $1.3 billion over the next three years to support Madagascar’s development through its national development plan. The announcement was made at the...
Date: December 2, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
KINSHASA, November 30, 2016 – Kabibi Saolona, an enterprising farmer from the Gemena territory in Sud-Ubangi Province, in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is thrilled. "I have increased...
Date: November 30, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, November 29, 2016 - A new project designed to improve the productivity of dairy farms in the country will reach approximately 24,000 households. The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors...
Date: November 29, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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