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$300 Million Investment Project Launched to Enhance Food Security in the Horn of Africa

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Naivasha, Kenya, 15 June 2023 — In a significant stride towards building resilience for food and nutritional security, a $300 million (Sh42 billion) investment project has been initiated in Kenya and five other countries in the Horn of Africa. African Development Bank and AAAP Team Up to Drive Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Adaptation Financed by …

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Kenya secures Sh7.5B loan for subsidised fertilizer & seeds ahead of short rains

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By George Munene The African Development Bank Group has approved a Sh7.5 billion loan to Kenya to enable the government to provide affordable fertilizer and seeds to farmers ahead of the October-December 2022 short rains and into the 2022/2023 long rains crop production season. This will boost cereals and oil seeds production by over 1.5 …

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IGAD’s seeks to stop pastoralists’ conflicts in Eastern Africa with new policy

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Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a trading block which covers 5.2m km2 in the Horn of Africa with eight member countries is coming with a policy which if adopted by member states will allow easy migration of livestock and the people who tend them across borders. The policy dubbed Protocol on Transhumance had been reviewed …

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