Delegates taking part at the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN-20).African Ministers have reiterated the need for governments to allocate enough resources towards agriculture.In ...

Launched in November 2022, the West Africa Rice Value Chain Project has transformed rice farming in project areas in Côte ...

As Namibia's cities expand and climate pressures mount, a new movement is taking root - urban agriculture.More than a way to grow food, it is a pathway to sustainable development, social equity and ...

Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Nino weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region’s worst hunger crisis in ...

This dual innovation is helping to tackle one of the world's biggest challenges: feeding a growing population while ...

Biotech now offers solutions to hunger in Africa. The idea is to literally "weed out" hunger by eradicating the parasitic weeds that infest field crops. We are talking about at least doubling crop ...

Here, hunger is not a crisis of potential. It is a crisis of priorities. In Africa, climate shocks, fragile food systems, and underinvestment in science continue to hold back our collective progress.

Brazil’s President Lula discusses working with Africa on food security at the 2nd Brazil-Africa Dialogue, joined by Angola’s President João Lourenço. Mankind has no right to leave 733 million people ...

Low crop yields have left Nigeria susceptible to food insecurity, threatening the nation’s efforts to significantly reduce ...

Central to the summit is a deep dive into Viet Nam’s One Commune One Product (OCOP) Programme, a flagship rural development ...

The WFP estimates that about 21 million children in southern Africa are now malnourished as crops have failed.

Southern Africa endures its worst hunger crisis in decades. Drought from El Nino to blame, UN says The United Nations' food agency says months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El ...