The sprawling slum of Mukuru on the eastern edge of Kenya's capital is a world apart from the glassy skyscrapers towering over traffic-clogged city streets. Its estimated 700,000 ... Read more »
More than a third of child deaths in Kenya are due to undernutrition. What's more, Kenya annually loses U.S.$2.8 billion of its GDP to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. AllAfrica ... Read more »
African farmers could benefit from escalating population growth and urbanisation which drives the demand for wheat, experts suggest. Read more »
A new report by the United Nations has revealed that nearly 870 million people are chronically hungry worldwide, and that number is rising in Africa, from 175 million to 239 ... Read more »
AllAfrica and the Institute of Development Studies have joined forces to produce a research-driven reporting series on the evidence-based innovations that hold potential to end ... Read more »
With carcasses of dead livestock scattered throughout the landscape, the effects of the drought are alarmingly visible as households struggle with reduced crop yield and increased ... Read more »
The World Bank has approved a U.S. $203 million to help increase food production and create economic opportunities for families and communities in the countries of the Niger Basin, ... Read more »
With the world's population climbing steadily and crops withering around the world, public and private stakeholders who attended the African Green Revolution Forum in ... Read more »
Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, Melinda Gates, and other high level delegates at the 2012 African Green Revolution Forum have called for governments and private ... Read more »
Speaking at a UN high level meeting on the Sahel, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that political and economic turmoil and a severe food crisis are combining to ... Read more »
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