Report Flags Ethiopia As Hunger Hot Spot Amid Conflict and Drought - 13 Million in Dire Need of Food Aid
Addis Standard
The FAO-WFP June 2024 Hunger Hot Spot report has classified Ethiopia as one of the world's hunger hot spots, alongside several other African countries. Read more »
Kenya Moves to Slash Rice Imports With Certified Seed Production
Business Day Africa
Kenya is implementing measures to cut rice imports with the development of sustainable certified seed production system. Read more »
WFP Introduces Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato to Supplement School Feeding Program in Nyatike
Capital FM
The World Food Programme (WFP) is championing food security measures to ensure the sustainability of school feeding programmes in the semi-arid region of Nyatike Sub County. Read more »
Ethiopia, Iran Express Desire to Collaborate in Agriculture Sector
ENA
The Minister of Agriculture Girma Amente discussed with the Ambassador of Iran to Ethiopia, Ali Akbar, on the issues that will enable them to exchange experience regarding… Read more »
PM Declares National Food Insecurity Disaster
Lesotho Times
...as 700,000 Basotho face extreme hunger Read more »
Poor Zimbabweans to Get 7.5kg of Maize Per Month As Hunger Stalks Millions
New Zimbabwe
OVER six million food insecure Zimbabweans are set to benefit from a government scheme that will see them getting between 7.5kg and 8.5kg bags of maize meal each per month up to… Read more »
Food Sufficiency - Southern Governors to Promote Regional Trade - Abiodun
Premium Times
"I and my colleagues in the southern part of Nigeria have met and have said that we have resolved to promote inter-state or inter-region trade. Read more »
Green Climate Fund Approves $52 Million to Support Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)-Led Project in Malawi
The Herald
A $52.3 million project approved today by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) aims to help Malawi cope with the devastating effects of climate change and boost the country's long-term… Read more »
Tanzania Aims At Mega Food Storage
Daily News
PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has instructed the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) to increase its grains storing capacity to reach three million tonnes by 2030. Read more »
Hunger Drives Starving Sudanese to Seek Refuge Abroad
VOA
Hunger and looming famine are driving a growing number of people to flee war-torn Sudan in search of refuge in neighboring countries, according to World Health Organization… Read more »
In Part of Nigeria Hard Hit By Drought and Heatwaves, Red Cross Volunteers Are Helping Farmers Find Natural Solutions [press release]
IFRC
From first-aider to farmer, Saratu Aboki works with food producers to find a healthier, cheaper way of making fertilizer. 'It keeps me going because I know it's protecting our… Read more »
Tanzania's Seaweed Farmers Bring the Ocean's Bounty to the World
IFAD
As the sun rises over Pemba island in Tanzania, Shajia and other seaweed farmers head towards the water to harvest their seaweed at low tide. Read more »
Sudan Crisis - People Are Dying of Hunger
Norwegian Refugee Council
The war in Sudan has forced millions of people to flee their homes and created one of the world's biggest humanitarian crises. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is sounding the… Read more »
Nyando Farmers Oppose Re-Opening of Closed Sugarcane Weighbridges
Capital FM
Cane farmers in the Nyando sugar belt have opposed the push to have sugarcane weighbridges, which had been closed by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), reopened. Read more »
Knorr Recalls Brown Onion Gravy Sachets - South African News Briefs - July 17, 2024
allAfrica
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