September 13
Nigeria: Severe Floods in Nigeria Magnify the Dire Humanitarian Crisis
On Monday, the Alau dam in Maiduguri, Borno State, collapsed, causing flash floods to ravage neighbouring regions in Nigeria. This comes after weeks of torrential rain, which… Read more »
August 26
Africa: Disease and Climate Stress Resistant Wheat Varieties for Global South
Groundbreaking research indicates that the wild relatives of wheat could be turned into an all-time food security crop capable of cushioning vulnerable populations from starvation… Read more »
August 23
Uganda: Uganda Coffee Smallholders Grapple With EU Regulations On Imports
In Kubewo village in eastern Uganda, children often go to work with their parents in the coffee gardens. Earnings from Arabica coffee are used, their parents and grandparents say,… Read more »
June 20
Africa: Unveiling the 'Dark Matter' of Food, Diets and Biodiversity
By Maya Rajasekharan and Selena Ahmed Read more »
June 21
Malawi: The World Bank Must Double Its Fund for the Poorest Nations Like Mine to Tackle Hunger Crisis
After El Niño-induced floods and devastating drought, roughly two in five people in Malawi - a country of some 20 million people - are now facing the looming prospect of… Read more »
June 18
Africa: Transforming African Food Systems From the Ground Up
All news is local, they say. The same is true of innovations--those many new technologies, policies, and practices that steadily stream from research to enhance our lives. Read more »
June 17
Africa: Land Grabs Squeeze Rural Poor Worldwide
Since 2008, farmland acquisitions have doubled prices worldwide, squeezing family farmers and other poor rural communities. Such land grabs are worsening inequality, poverty, and… Read more »
May 31
Zimbabwe: Maggot Farming Creates Entrepreneurs, Saves Farming Costs in Zimbabwe
Three years ago, 43-year-old Benard Munondo was an "ordinary" Zimbabwean teacher at a local primary school, but now he has turned maggots into gold. Read more »
May 14
Africa: Bringing the World's Food Production in Line With Global Climate Goals
Food systems--how we grow, transport, prepare, and dispose of the food we eat--are responsible for roughly one-third of all global greenhouse gas emissions. And those gases are… Read more »
May 09
Kenya: Dissenting Voices At Nairobi Soil Health Forum Over Increased Fertilizer Use
As the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit convened in Nairobi to review the progress made in terms of increasing fertilizer use in line with the 2006 Abuja Declaration,… Read more »
April 12
Africa: Food Security and Food Safety in Africa Must Go Hand in Hand
Monica Musonda, CEO, Java Foods, and Board Member, Partners in Food Solutions (PFS) Read more »
April 03
Africa: Food Security Issues in Asia
Asia has about 60% of the World's population but only about a third of the world's arable land. This region additionally has some of the most economically active countries with… Read more »
March 15
Zimbabwe: Beekeeping Offers Opportunity to Zimbabwean Farming Communities
Honeybees quickly react with a sharp and loud buzz sound as beekeeper Tanyaradzwa Kanangira opens one of the wooden horizontal Kenyan top bar hives near a stream in a thick forest… Read more »
March 08
Kenya: International Women's Day, 2024 - Inside Women Dominated Seaweed Farms in Kenya's Indian Ocean Waters
Nearly two kilometers into the Indian Ocean from the Mwazaro beach coastline in Lunga Lunga Sub-County, Kwale County, women can be spotted seated in the shallow ocean waters or… Read more »
February 28
Africa: 'I Haven't Forgotten Where I Came From,' Says Pinto, Incoming Rice Research Institute Chief
Growing up on a small farming station in Holetta (Ethiopia), Yvonne Pinto would accompany her agriculturist father to the farm, where she would spend her time cross-fertilizing… Read more »
February 19
Africa: Smallholder Farmers Are Key to CGIAR Response to Hunger Crisis
Dr Ismahane Elouafi has her work cut out. As the new executive managing director of CGIAR, a global network of agricultural research centers, her mandate, simply put, is to tackle… Read more »
February 22
Kenya: Inside Kenya's Seed Control Battle - Why Smallholder Farmers Want to Share Indigenous Seeds
A group of 15 smallholder farmers in Kenya petitioned the country's High Court, seeking to compel the government to review sections of a law that bans the sharing and exchange of… Read more »
Kenya: Coastal Indigenous and Minority Women Driving Kenya's Blue Forest Conservation Efforts
Fish vanished from the sea near Tsunza, a village on Kenya's coast, after several oil spills between 2003 and 2006. The impact of this and the vanishing mangroves badly affected… Read more »
January 26
Kenya: Under the Scorching Sun Kenyan Farmers Find New Ways to Beat Climate Change
Rural Kenyans are forging a path toward a more sustainable future and protecting their lives and livelihoods from climate change through regenerative agriculture, nurturing hope… Read more »
January 19
Africa: Trapped and Trafficked - Fishers Tell of Forced Labor Horror
"The thing is that when you come from an African country, they know that you're basically trapped," says Noel Adabblah. Read more »
January 16
Africa: New Era - Unlocking Africa's Agriculture Potential Through CGIAR TAAT Model
As hunger and food insecurity deepen, Africa is confronting an unprecedented food crisis. Estimates show that nearly 282 million people on the continent, or 20 percent of the… Read more »
December 10, 2023
Africa: Farm to Fork - COP28 Provides Roadmap to Fix Africa's Broken Food Systems - IFAD
In the absence of sufficient urgency to curb greenhouse gas emissions, it is becoming too hot to farm in Africa. Confronted by extreme, intense, and frequent climate events such as… Read more »
December 05, 2023
Africa: Why the UN COP28 Climate Talks Must Serve Farmers to Achieve a 'Just Transition'
By William Warshauer and Joao Campari Read more »
November 27, 2023
Africa: Tackling Agrifood Inequality Can Boost the Bottom Line
Objections to progressive policies are often based on cost. It would be great to have a fairer, more sustainable world, the argument goes, but where will the money come from to pay… Read more »
November 22, 2023
Africa: Indigenous Voices and Food Systems Lead the Way At COP28
In a groundbreaking development, indigenous farmer communities are poised to bring the spotlight onto food systems at the upcoming UN Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai. Read more »