Low availability of an essential human micronutrient in Malawian soils is responsible for its deficiency among the country's population, a study has found. Read more »
Some of the world’s poorest countries, including two in sub-Saharan Africa, are showing the greatest political commitment to tackling hunger and undernutrition, while some of the ... Read more »
An umbrella organization for women’s self-help groups has launched a new initiative that aims to build peace networks by engaging communities in communal, income-generating ... Read more »
Speaking at an event in Washington, DC, Makhtar Diop, vice president of the World Bank, said African governments must work to remove barriers to regional food trade on the ... Read more »
Approximately 1.4 million children in the Sahel region are expected to be malnourished in 2013 following several crises that left many families heavily in debt and without seeds to ... Read more »
Despite increasing research on nutrition sensitive agriculture, one blogger argues that incentives and barriers must be included in the discussion for the method to be successful. Read more »
Minister of Public Health and Sanitation, Beth Mugo has said that the government will spend six billion shillings in the next five years to improve nutrition in the country. Kenya ... Read more »
High levels of unemployment and poverty have movitated non-governmental organization's and successful individuals to reach out to the less fortunate and donate food and clothes. Read more »
The director of agricultural development for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Development Program, Sam Dryden, says poli Read more »
Amidst persistent bombardment by the Sudan Armed Forces, the number of households in South Kordofan surviving on one meal per day has jumped to a staggering 81.5 percent, compared ... Read more »
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