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AfDB to provide $1 billion insurance facility to 40 million African farmers

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has presented its planned $1 billion facility to provide insurance to more than 40 million farmers across the continent against severe impacts of climate change. The facility was widely praised by the World Food Programme (WFP), development agencies, insurance companies, and the private sector during a side event at […]

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FAO: Millions of people at risk of hunger malnutrition and poverty due to climate change

         The recent report by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) last week warns of climate change that is set to put millions of people in a vicious cycle of food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty with the number of undernourished people increasing by 815M of people going hungry

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