Obviously, the use of digital technology is revolutionizing agriculture in Africa.

If every farmer could plant a tree, life on the planet would be better and the effects of global warming would have less impact on the agricultural sector.

More than 700 million hectares of land are deteriorated today in Africa. According to FAO the deterioration continues with an alarming rate of nearly 3 million hectares per year.

Benin is hosting the 12th meeting of the Regional Program for Integrated Cotton Production in Africa (PR-PICA).

The 15 members States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are yet facing food and nutrition crises, the negative effects of climate change and the cross-border insecurity.

The Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (RAAF) has already mobilized around €8 million for the financing of projects in favor of the vulnerable people of ECOWAS members States.

At the United Nations, the challenge is not to wait for the events like Idai cyclones that hit Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe a few days ago before acting.

COP24 President, Michal Kurtyka makes a strong appeal to the international community for Africa.

Opening the high-level segment of the African Climate Week this Wednesday in Accra, Nana Akufo-Addo, the President of Ghana calls on the international community to be aggressive if it wants to tackle climate change.

The Summit will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 14th March and will involve keynote speeches from French President Emmanuel Macron and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

Not only for his country France but for the whole Europe. This is what the French president said in his inaugural speech at the 56th international agricultural fair at Portes de Versailles (France).

The Regional Food Security Reserve (RFSR) should mobilize national stocks to help Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal, all struggling within ECOWAS.

In Togo, where protected areas are unexpectedly invaded by communities for agriculture and pasture, the government aims to have by 2020, 10% of the territory covered.

As the impacts of climate change and conflicts threaten progress towards addressing global hunger, we need to apply new thinking in agriculture.

More than 43.700 vulnerable rural households in Kedougou, Kolda, Matam and Tambacounda to be integrated into the profitable and diversified value chains through PADAER-II project.

It was not won in advance given the resistance of the biggest polluters, but negotiators from the 200 countries participating in COP24 managed to get the rules of application of the Paris agreement adopted.