AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoAgribusiness Finance: Ecobank says it will mobilize $2.6bn by 2030 to back women-led businesses ($2bn) and ag value-chain SMEs ($600m) across Africa, aiming to expand from 110,000 women-supported firms to 400,000 formal women-led businesses by 2030. Development Finance: West African Development Bank (BOAD) approved CFAF 82bn for Togo, including CFAF 45bn for rice mechanization and irrigation (ProMAI) and CFAF 37bn to expand Lomé petroleum storage. Farm Tech & Labor: CNH Industrial highlights how farm robotics (including an R4 system) could help growers cope with labor shortages, higher costs, and productivity pressure amid trade and weather volatility. Food Security & Livestock: FAO launched a nationwide livestock vaccination campaign in Sudan targeting 9.8m animals across 1.2m households amid conflict and food crisis. Policy & Payments: UK SFI2026 nature payments opened and sold out in under six hours; Defra says it’s exploring changes for 2027. Trade & Costs: A U.S. diesel export ban is drawing pushback from major business groups, warning it could tighten supplies and raise costs for farmers and truckers. Agriculture Prices: Andhra Pradesh plans to sell super-fine rice at ₹50/kg and onions at ₹35/kg via Rythu Bazars while shifting land toward pulses, maize and oilseeds.
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