Overdependence on rain tellingly annoys Eda Chibuti, a smallholder vegetable farmer in Chamwino District. The 36-year-old cannot meaningfully irrigate crops as infrastructure is ... Read more »
Agriculture will become one of the greatest challenges, if not addressed properly. Therefore, moving towards more sustainable agriculture and food systems is certainly a potential ... Read more »
The blue bond, valued at U.S.$15 million over 10 years with guarantees from the World Bank and the Global Environment Facility, is to support the Seychelles' transition to ... Read more »
Low producer prices could be the reason that some coffee farmers are smuggling the crop to markets in neighbouring countries, says a lobby group. Stakeholders in the industry say ... Read more »
Dakar is surrounded on three sides by the Atlantic Ocean. This is particularly evident in culinary delights: fish is the country's most important resource, writes Deutsche Welle. Read more »
Struggling rail transporter National Railways of Zimbabwe is reportedly failing to deliver 179 wagons of wheat currently stuck at Mozambique's Beira Port, and it is feared this ... Read more »
How much would you expect to pay for the most basic plate of food? The kind of thing you might whip up at home - nothing fancy, just enough to fill you up and meet a third of ... Read more »
Many have warned that if women's unpaid work is to be duly counted, the economic model as we know it would fall apart. Yet, are we aware of how the world would be fed if women in ... Read more »
World efforts to lower hunger to zero by 2030 are being negated by warfare and climate change, nutritionists warn. German aid organisation Welthungerhilfe (World Hunger Relief) has ... Read more »
"If there was good rain, all of our problems would be solved," says Saidou. This isn't looking likely: in the Sahel, the gaps between the hardship years are getting smaller and ... Read more »
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