Nature-based Solutions in agriculture: Project design for securing investment

January 28, 2023

Agriculture Nature-based Solutions (Ag NbS) have high potential to help mitigate the negative effects of climate change and protect biodiversity in working landscapes around the world. However, relative to its potential, Ag NbS has not scaled-up. One barrier to scaling is that Ag NbS tend to be capital intensive, requiring significant amounts of public funding or private investment, or a blend of grants and investment capital.

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INCREASE GENDER-RESPONSIVE INVESTMENTS IN AFRICA’S AGRICULTURE FOR INCLUSIVE FOOD SYSTEMS

January 27, 2023

Female farmers play a vital role in African agriculture, doing most of the work to produce, process, and market food. For instance, women produce 60-80 percent of the world’s food and in comparison, to men, face the burden of unpaid work, time elasticity, poor access to agricultural inputs as well as lower wages compared to their male counterparts. To better address their priorities and challenges, there is an urgent need to strengthen the voice and visibility of African women in the agricultural sciences.

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Sustainable Financing of Research and Innovation to Improve the performance of Africa Food System

January 27, 2023

There is a need for Africa to strongly embrace research and innovation to improve the food system’s performance. This can be achieved through sustainable financing of agricultural Research and Innovation (ARI).

Nature-based Solutions in agriculture: Project design for securing investment

INCREASE GENDER-RESPONSIVE INVESTMENTS IN AFRICA’S AGRICULTURE FOR INCLUSIVE FOOD SYSTEMS

Sustainable Financing of Research and Innovation to Improve the performance of Africa Food System

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