June 08, 2013
Africa: Hope for Ending 'Unrelenting' Cycle of Malnutrition, Poverty
Gently laying three-month-old Benjamin on a board to measure his length, Elizabeth Mumo, 28, is grateful for the weekend clinics in a makeshift health facility, run by a retired… Read more »
June 06, 2013
Africa: 'Magnificent Strides' Against Malnutrition
The governments of the UK and Brazil, and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), will co-host a high-level international meeting, Nutrition for Growth: Beating Hunger… Read more »
Africa: Lancet Highlights Importance of Maternal, Child Nutrition
A new Lancet series on maternal and child nutrition examines the problems associated with undernutrition and successful interventions. A similar report released by Lancet in 2008… Read more »
May 31, 2013
Nigeria: Lowering Pesticide Exposure Risk With Mobile Phones
John Gushit from the University of Jos' department of science in Nigeria nearly lost his eye when herbicide in a syringe he'd been working with splashed into it. "Only speed saved… Read more »
April 11, 2013
Africa: Poverty No Bar to Fighting Deadly Undernutrition
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… Read more »
February 28, 2013
Kenya: Women-Led Farm Initiative Aims For Peace, Prosperity
Fear of violence surrounding the upcoming general elections next week has raised anxiety among many Kenyans, but less so for Nyokabi Wamuyu. She is counting on a new initiative in… Read more »
January 29, 2013
Africa: Supporting Women in Agriculture for a 'Prosperous' Africa
The African Union (AU) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, but instead of looking back, the current chair, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, seems intent on casting her vision… Read more »
January 14, 2013
Nigeria: Cell Phones for Farmers to Cut Corruption, Deliver Services
Nigeria's agriculture minister today responded to a barrage of criticism about the planned distribution of cell phones to the country's poorest farmers. Read more »
January 10, 2013
Africa: Improve Policies to Fight Hunger - World Bank
Rising global food costs and low African food production require African governments to work to open regional agricultural trade to help improve productivity, says Makhtar Diop,… Read more »
December 11, 2012
Africa: UN Official Calls for Boost to Smallholder Farming
The African Green Revolution Forum held earlier this year in Arusha, Tanzania, aimed to put smallholder farmers at the center of the conversation … Read more »
November 30, 2012
Ethiopia: Africa's First Commodity Exchange Revolutionizes Economy
While government leaders, NGOs and corporations devise strategies to churn out more food for future generations, Eleni Gabre-Madhin is taking a different approach. Concerned by a… Read more »
November 12, 2012
Africa: Small Farmers Merit Support - Gates Foundation
Africa's population – in contrast to other regions – is growing significantly younger. How to employ, educate and feed that youth bulge is the topic of a report… Read more »
November 02, 2012
Africa: Farmers Increasingly Seen as 'Engine for Economic Development'
At the recent African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Arusha, Tanzania, fertilizer was a hot topic. Government leaders, policy makers, NGOs and businessmen and women in freshly… Read more »
October 23, 2012
Kenya: Cattle in the Capital - Urban Agriculture Comes to Town
Leonard Gichuru Gitau is a city dweller, but it doesn't take a detective to see that he is also a livestock farmer. The lowing of cattle greets visitors to his neatly… Read more »
October 18, 2012
Africa: Govts Must Lay Foundation for Private Investment in Agriculture
Government leaders, private business representatives, civil society groups and NGOs met recently in Arusha, Tanzania, at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) to discuss… Read more »
October 16, 2012
Africa: Can Big Business Contribute to Food Security?
Nothing could be more appropriate than the World Food Day focus on cooperatives this year, given the benefits they can have on livelihoods and food security. Read more »
October 08, 2012
Africa: The Women Who Grow Africa's Food Need a Voice
When Dr. Ruth Khasaya Oniang'o, a professor of food science and nutrition, shared advice from her mother at the September 2012 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), it really… Read more »
Africa: Tracking Killers and Healers - a Research and Reporting Collaboration
Over the past several weeks, AllAfrica's crack investigative team has documented scientists acting strangely. At summits, symposia and scholarly consultations – and in… Read more »
September 13, 2012
East Africa: Farmers Adapting but Food Insecurity Persists, Researcher Says
About a year after East Africa's worst drought in six decades peaked, a survey of more than 700 smallholder farmers across four regional countries reveals that food insecurity… Read more »
Africa: African Herders Help Eradicate Deadly Livestock Disease
The last known case of rinderpest, a lethal livestock disease, was confirmed 10 years ago in a buffalo wandering Kenya's Mount Meru National Park. In May 2011 the disease was… Read more »
September 10, 2012
South Africa: Farming Grows Jobs and Profits
While small-scale agriculture has been earmarked by the South African government as a sector with the potential to create jobs and stimulate economic growth, small-scale farmers… Read more »
September 07, 2012
Kenya: Ngilu Pursues Presidency on Pro-Poor Platform
Kenya's water and irrigation minister, Charity Kaluki Ngilu announced her bid for the presidency this week as leader of the National Rainbow Coalition. She calls it the "party of… Read more »
September 06, 2012
South Africa: Small Farmers Can Spur Economic Growth
Smallholder agriculture has potential not only to alleviate poverty in South Africa, but to spur general economic growth, a major conference on combating poverty and inequality has… Read more »
September 05, 2012
South Africa: Cities Often Hinder Food Security, Say Experts
Rising food prices, changes in climatic conditions and the growing number of people without enough nutritious food featured at the top of the agenda at a session on food security… Read more »
August 30, 2012
Africa: Pumps, Policies and Private Investment
As World Water Week draws to a close, a new report highlights the promise of small-scale irrigation schemes. "Water for Wealth and Food Security" touts simple interventions, such… Read more »
