August 16, 2023
Africa: Pre-Colonial Delicacy Could Help Food Security and Climate Change #AfricaClimateHope
Kenya's fight for food security may have just gone 'Old School' as Egerton University dons win a grant to help bring back a pre-colonial delicacy that was gradually sliding its way… Read more »
July 20, 2023
Africa: Soaring Food Prices Leading to Obesity As Well As Hunger
The climate, conflict and economic shocks of recent years and their impact on food prices have landed a huge blow to the world's hopes of achieving the Sustainable Development Goal… Read more »
June 28, 2023
East Africa: Food Beyond The Reach of Millions in Horn of Africa
Four months pregnant, Ayan was close to dying of starvation when she arrived at the Kabasa camp in Dolow, on the border between Somalia and Ethiopia. Read more »
May 24, 2023
Benin: World Hunger Day - Renewing Our Commitment to Elevating Women As Change Agents for Ending Hunger
This upcoming weekend, on May 28, we are commemorating World Hunger Day. The day serves as a reminder that more than 800 million people around the world are living with hunger and… Read more »
March 22, 2023
Kenya: Entrepreneur Using Organic Microbes to Unlock Hidden Nutrients in Dairy Feeds
Using naturally occurring microbes, a Kenyan entrepreneur has developed a molasses-based supplement that pre-ferments animal feeds to unlock all the necessary nutrients that would… Read more »
January 26, 2023
Africa: As the #AfricaClimateCrisis Bites, Soil Needs Doctors Too
In a wiser world, the term 'treating someone like dirt' would be a good thing. After all, 15 of the 18 nutrients essential to plants are supplied by soils and around 95% of the… Read more »
November 22, 2022
Africa: Pan-African Approach Needed to Tackle Food Insecurity Arising From Conflict and Climate Shocks
Upheaval on the global stage, the war in Ukraine, conflict in the Horn of Africa, severe climatic shocks, high international inflation, increasing global commodity prices, high… Read more »
October 07, 2022
Africa: Addressing the Cow in the Room, Lowing for Nutrition and Livelihoods #AfricaClimateCrisis
Meat, milk, and eggs are bad for you, and livestock is bad for the environment. Read more »
August 05, 2022
Nigeria: Women Play a Key Role in Food & Nutrition Security in Nigeria
In Nigeria, women play key roles in food and nutrition security through their contributions to agricultural production, their influence on how to allocate household income, and… Read more »
June 24, 2022
Africa: A Frightening View - Inside the Eye of the 'Hurricane of Hunger' #AfricaClimateCrisis
When I first met Dr. Roland Bunch, I have to be honest--he scared me. As one of the most well-respected leaders on agronomy and resilient land management, he offers extremely… Read more »
August 10, 2010
Kenya: Deadly Cactus Good for Animal Feed
Joseph Ole Morijo is baffled by research findings that cactus plants can be used as animal fodder during drought. Not after he lost his entire herd of 152 goats and sheep to the… Read more »