Greening the Sahara - the Great Green Wall Initiative [press release]

IFAD

More than ten years ago, in 2009, I travelled by road to Timbuktu, Mali on a short field trip. The journey took us three days from the capital city of Bamako. The Hamatan winds… Read more »

Food Crisis Looms in 'Breadbasket' of Madagascar

allAfrica

Five years of drought have bludgeoned a "breadbasket" region of Madagascar and, along with the coronavirus, have disrupted local labour patterns in the south, resulting in a… Read more »

Ghana Develops an Integrated Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (Rmncahn) Strategic Plan

WHO

Ghana has launched a comprehensive Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAHN) Strategic Plan aimed at ensuring increased and equitable… Read more »

Humanitarian Crisis Looms in South As Drought, Pandemic Double Number of Hungry People

WFP

Three consecutive years of drought coupled with a sharp recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic will leave a third of the population in Southern Madagascar struggling to put… Read more »

National Calls for Proposals (The Gambia, Ghana, Senegal) - Supporting Remittances in Times of Crisis in Africa [press release]

IFAD

The Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is pleased to announce the 2020 National Calls for Proposals: Supporting… Read more »

From Abidjan to Jakarta, How the City is Reinventing What We Eat [analysis]

The Conversation Africa

From junk food to McDonaldization of society, the most derogatory remarks about what we eat are often linked with the urban space. For better or worse, cities are seen as the… Read more »

Honing My Culinary Skills Enriches My Financial Independence

Nation

What started as a heavy responsibility bestowed upon a Standard Four girl as her mother set out to fend for the family may have seemed burdensome but in the long run, the role… Read more »

Don Calls for Establishment of Home Economics, Nutrition Extension Agents

This Day

A leading nutrition expert has called for the establishment of Home Economics and Nutrition Extension agents across the country in furtherance of efforts to curtail the menace of… Read more »

Why 2021 Must Be The Nutrition Year of Action in Africa [guest column]

allAfrica

Tackling poor diets and malnutrition in all its forms Read more »

Bylaws Underway for Compulsory School Meals

Daily News

RUKWA Regional Commissioner (RC) Joachim Wangabo has tasked councils in the area to draft bylaws that will force parents or guardians to contribute meals to public primary and… Read more »

Hungry for Change - Faulty Food Systems Laid Bare By Covid-19 and Climate Crises

Thomson Reuters Foundation

The pandemic has made it harder for farmers - already grappling with climate extremes - to sell their harvests, while rising poverty pushes more city residents to use food banks Read more »

WFP and Govt Support Nutrition for Over One Million Children in the Province of Luanda

WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Angola today launched a nutrition project aimed to support the provincial authorities of Luanda in the treatment… Read more »

Eight Million Zimbabweans in Need of Food Aid in 2021

New Zimbabwe

An estimated 7.9 million Zimbabweans, including 4.1 million children, will be in urgent need of life-saving health services and humanitarian assistance in 2021 due to multiple… Read more »

WFP Assisting More Expectant Mothers With Nutritional Support

New Zimbabwe

In November, WFP Zimbabwe hosted a five-day mission for Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan, WFP's Special Advisor on Mother and Child Health and Nutrition. Read more »

Tackle Malnutrition By Adding Soybeans to Staples - Nutrition Experts

This Day

Nutrition experts have called for the addition of soybeans to wheat flour in the production of staples such as bread, pasta and noodles, as a way to tackle malnutrition in the… Read more »