Africa: African Smallholder Farmers Get Insurance Payouts of U.S. $ 1.5 Million After Low Rainfall

Poor rainfall in parts of Africa has triggered the largest insurance pay-out to date for vulnerable farmers under an innovative climate risk management scheme known as the R4 Rural… Read more »

Southern Africa: Poor Rains, Crop Infestation Threaten Deeper Hunger Across Region

The twin scourges of another prolonged dry spell and an invasive crop-eating worm are set to sharply curtail harvests across southern Africa, driving millions of people –… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: UN Agencies In Urgent Bid to Prevent Famine In Kasai

In a stark warning, three UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) – say time is running out to save… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Agencies Boost Efforts to Alleviate Hunger in Greater Kasai

Against a backdrop of intense human suffering, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are joining forces to mitigate some of the effects of… Read more »