Africa

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture was recently awarded a USDA grant worth $925,000 through the Foreign Agricultural Services’ Emerging Markets Program.  The EMP helps organizations promote exports of agricultural products to developing countries with strong growth potential.   “...

“The U.S. and Africa have long worked together through government-to-government relationships, business-to-business relationships, but it is truly through our public-private partnerships that most impactful work is in fact done," said Ag secretary Tom Vilsack Wednesday, as he was moderating a panel at the U.S.-Africa Leade...

A new report from the Farm Journal Foundation finds that increased U.S. investments in agricultural development and innovation are needed to make global food systems more resilient.  While climate change impacts agriculture worldwide, its effects are "substantially more severe" in warm regions, including Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.  The rep...

Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh will lead a trade mission to Nairobi, Kenya, and Zanzibar, Tanzania, this week.  The trip is slated to wrap up Friday November 4th.  Representatives from 32 agribusiness and farm organizations will join Bronaugh on the trip.   ...

The Department of Agriculture will invest $220 million in eight new school feeding projects.  The projects are expected to benefit more than a million children across 2,200 schools in food-insecure countries in Africa and East Asia.  Agricul...

The U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID, is providing more than $68 million in additional funding to the UN World Food Program. The funding supports the purchase, movement and storage of up to 150,000 metric tons of Ukrainian wheat to help respond to the world’s worst food crises.  ...

Those looking to participate in the USDA's trade mission to east Africa have until Friday August 12th to get their applications submitted.  The mission to Kenya and Tanzania will take place October 31t through November 4th. "We realize the importance of Africa," said Foreign Agricultural Service Associate Administrator Clay Hamilton.  "A...

The war in Ukraine is expected to expand wheat production in Argentina and Brazil, the primary wheat-producing nations in South America. Agriculture and consumer economics experts from the University of Illinois say both nations will likely already increase wheat planting this season, which begins in May ...

Speaking recently at the annual Agricultural Outlook Forum, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says 2021 farm and food exports were very strong. "We were able to enjoy a record year in exports; a significant increase over the 2014 record.  But the good news is, that you're going to learn at this Outlook Forum, that we anticipate and expect 2022 to be even better; to break that record.  An ...

The intensity of global food insecurity, indicated by a measure called the food gap, is projected to lessen over the coming decade in the world's poorest regions. The improvement comes amid decreased incomes associated with pandemic-related drops in Gross Domestic Product, according to the Department of Agriculture ...