Two model farmers who have championed agricultural innovation and sustainable growth within African agriculture have been named the winners of the 2019 Africa Food Prize. Read More
Launched this week, the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019 (SOFI 2019) report presents the latest annual estimates for food security, hunger and malnutrition around the world. Read More
The newly launched Agrobiodiversity Index report, compiled by Bioversity International, analyses the way in which countries are conserving and using their agricultural biodiversity. Read More
Before drought hit northern Kenya in 2016, Dahira Ali, 50, had 300 sheep. By the time the rains broke, though, she had lost 150 because there was not enough fodder on the parched lands to feed them, while the other 150 were too weak to sell. Read More
Ending hunger and ending food waste are both central to the aspirations of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the African Union’s AGENDA 2063 and the Malabo Declaration/AU regional priorities. The good news is we can tackle both simultaneously, argues Talentus Mthunzi from the Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN). Read More
