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October 20, 2020

Demand for phone-based agricultural services has shot up almost 60 per cent across Asia and Africa this year, but many services struggle to raise the Read more...

October 14, 2020

As part of our work to support small and medium sized agribusinesses and farmers, CASA country interventions have put plans in place to deploy Information and Read more...

September 21, 2020

CASA hosted three panels alongside the Deal Room at the Africa Green Revolution Forum. Each panel featured the launch of a new Evidence Report by Read more...

September 7, 2020

CASA will host its first Global Agribusiness Investor Summit at this year’s African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) Virtual Summit which will take place on September Read more...

August 7, 2020

In recent years, there has been growing interest and funding dedicated to technical assistance (TA) designed to strengthen the commercial and development impact of businesses Read more...

July 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated control measures have had far-reaching effects on societies worldwide, on the global economy and on employment.  Agri-businesses have not been Read more...

July 15, 2020

Prolonged economic growth, a growing population, urbanization and shifting dietary patterns in Africa have sparked demand for more animal-sourced foods, such as dairy, eggs and Read more...

July 8, 2020

The CASA programme strives to mainstream four cross-cutting areas - gender, nutrition, climate change and animal welfare – in all its interventions. Mainstreaming a cross-cutting issue  is Read more...

June 18, 2020

Is the CASA programme a Market Systems Development (MSD) programme or an investment initiative? During one of CASA’s adaptive management meetings this question was debated. Read more...

June 5, 2020

“Rethinking Agri-Business Investments Through the Pandemic”, a series of virtual convenings unpacking the response to COVID-19 for investors and SMEs in emerging markets, has come Read more...