Food and Agribusiness Stakeholders Join Africa Sustainability Forum 2026 - NaijaAgroNet

As the intersections between food systems, environmental stewardship, and sustainable packaging take center stage across the continent, the Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA) is spotlighting circular economy frameworks and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) as key institutional participants confirm their attendance at the Africa Sustainability Forum 2026, reports NaijaAgroNet.

Scheduled for October 20, 2026, at Oriental Hotels, Lagos, the high-profile gathering centers on the theme “Sustainable Futures: Driving Just Transitions, Green Growth & Shared Prosperity.” The upcoming forum convenes vital stakeholders across agriculture, food manufacturing, regulation, technology, and civil society to examine robust pathways for sustainable development and environmental accountability.

Workshop participants confirm capacity gaps on cassava, maize, rice and cattle farmers - NaijaAgroNet

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Participants at a three-day workshop by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) rose affirm that there are capacity gaps on cassava, maize, rice and cattle farmers, reports NaijaAgroNet.

They also reaffirmed FARA readiness to leverage Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) programme to support the African Development Bank and the Regional Agricultural Transformation Programmes supported by the World Bank, reports NaijaAgroNet.

This is in addition to partnership mapping of FARA’s Holistic Empowerment for Livelihood Programme (HELP), describing it as an opportunity matrix on available partnerships and training opportunities in Brazil, Cuba, Egypt & India, will be used to develop HELP country-based approach capacity building and innovation network that feed into the larger initiatives.

Speaking at the workshop, the Executive Director of FARA, Dr Yemi Akinbamijo, declared that the march towards a food secure Africa and meeting the overarching developmental targets requires holistic capacity development approach to strengthen individual, organizational and systemic capacities.

FARA he said, recognizes the South-South collaboration framework as an important vehicle, stressing that the philosophy behind HELP is the promotion of triangular collaboration involving the private sector, universities/research centres and policy makers among African countries and their counter parts in the so-called South, based on solidarity that breaks the traditional donor-recipient relationship, under a win-win situation.

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