May 08, 2023
Africa: Achieving food security will require revamping our production and consumption patterns
Tunis, May 5, 2023 - In partnership with the UN Resident Coordinator's Office in Tunisia and the ECA Office in North Africa, the UN-Habitat Office in Tunisia held a dissemination… Read more »
October 09, 2020
Africa: UN World Food Programme Wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
The UN World Food Programme (WFP), which provides lifesaving food assistance to millions across the world - often in extremely dangerous and hard-to-access conditions - has been… Read more »
January 15, 2020
Africa: A Passion for Food Wins Contest On Innovative Thinking
Winning an award was never part of Sylvie Ogoudedji's expectations when she joined the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) as a fellow in 2019. Read more »
November 26, 2019
Africa: Africa Has Potential to Feed Its Own People, German Diplomat At Clpa2019
Africa as a rich continent with vast agricultural and land resources should be able to feed all her people without any problems, Benjamin Laag, Counsellor for Economic Cooperation… Read more »
February 22, 2019
Africa: ECA-Uruguay Partnership to Focus On Africa's Agricultural Sector
A delegation from the Government of Uruguay on Friday met with the Economic Commission for Africa's Deputy Executive Secretary, Giovanie Biha, and discussed ways through which the… Read more »
February 13, 2019
Africa: Hunger On the Rise in Africa, New UN Report Reveals
A new United Nations report reveals that hunger is on the rise in Africa following years of decline due to a number of reasons, including difficult global economic conditions,… Read more »
December 16, 2018
Africa: IATF 2018 - African Leaders Urged to Recommit to Boosting Continent's Agriculture Sector
Africa's leaders should honour their commitment to allocate 10 percent of their budgets to agriculture if the continent is to improve food security, reduce poverty and spur… Read more »
December 10, 2018
Africa: FAO and ECA Train Experts for Better Food Security Monitoring in Morocco
The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) initiated today in Rabat (Morocco) a three-day national workshopon food… Read more »
June 07, 2018
Africa: Policy Dialogue Focuses On the Right to Food
A high-level policy dialogue on "Gender, Land and Agricultural Commercialization and the Right to Food: Towards Effective Policies and Equitable and Sustainable Livelihoods," took… Read more »
May 14, 2018
Africa: Rethink the Agricultural Policies in Africa
Number of countries in Africa have developed good agricultural policies but, immense challenges still remain, both in the implementation, that of the adaptability of these policies… Read more »
May 13, 2018
Africa: Agriculture's Potential to Power Economic Growth Highlighted in African Transformation Report
A major study by the Africa Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) has highlighted how transforming agriculture can become a stimulus for economic development across the… Read more »
May 09, 2018
Africa: At COM 2018, Ministers to Discuss Agriculture's Potential to Power Africa's Economic Growth
All is set for the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development that begins Friday at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa. Read more »
January 28, 2018
Africa: UN Chief Warns World Hunger On the Rise
United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has warned that hunger is on the rise the world over with Africa registering the highest rates. Read more »
November 23, 2017
Africa: Application of Green Economy Approaches Will Enhance Africa's Agricultural Sector
The use of green economy principles and approaches in agricultural development can help improve Africa's livestock production, says Ms. Mmadima Nyathi, Director of Research… Read more »
November 15, 2017
Africa: Agricultural Policy Research in Africa Official Launched in Addis Ababa
The Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA) programme was officially launched at the ongoing land policy conference in Addis Ababa. Read more »
November 03, 2017
Africa: 50 Experts Meet At Idep to Reflect On New Agricultural Development Approaches
-- Policy makers, academia, researchers and experts from African governments, international organizations and private sector met at IDEP, in Dakar, on October 25, 2017, in a high… Read more »
November 01, 2017
Africa: Women and Resources in Eastern and Southern Africa Urged to Work With Small Scale Farmers
Speaking at the official opening of the workshop on women and youth in agriculture in Zambia, Minister of Agriculture, Honourable Dora Siliya, urged Women and Resources in Eastern… Read more »
October 20, 2017
Mauritania: ECA Capacity Building Effort in Mauritania Focuses On Livestock and SDG Related Statistics
The Economic Commission for Africa completed today a five-day mission in Nouakchott, to provide capacity-building support to Mauritanian statisticians in order to better calculate… Read more »
September 04, 2017
Africa: ECA and Rome-Based UN Agencies Commit to Fighting Food Insecurity in Africa Under Shared Framework
Economic Commission for Africa's Executive Secretary Vera Songwe on Monday met with the principals of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP) and… Read more »
August 02, 2017
Africa: African Experts Hone Their Knowledge of Agricultural Statistics
The Economic Commission for Africa launched today, in partnership with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the High Commission… Read more »
August 10, 2017
Congo-Kinshasa: Pilot Project to Integrate Land Governance Concerns in Agriculture Launched in DRC
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) was recently in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo where it launched the pilot project to mainstream land governance concerns in the… Read more »
August 18, 2017
Africa: IDEP Strengthens Capacities of African Public Officials in Agricultural Policy
From 24 July to 4 August 2017, the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) organized a course on Agricultural Policy for African public officials. Read more »
May 02, 2017
Africa: ECA and FAO Inch Forward With Partnership Agreement
Representatives of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) met in Addis Ababa on May 10, 2017 and agreed on a… Read more »
May 22, 2017
Africa: Climate Change and Trade - Impact On Food Security in Africa
The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) and the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) is jointly organized a session on "How taking into account climate change can help Africa to… Read more »
February 07, 2017
Africa: Stakeholders Make Case for Increased Use of Fertilizers in Africa
Hundreds of fertilizers stakeholders including suppliers, farmers' organizations and government officials from 55 countries attended the 8th Annual Argus Africa Fertilizer… Read more »