Leveraging Exchange Models for Food System Transformation: Key Takeaways from the UNFSSS
By: Akinyinka Akintunde, President/CEO, AFEX NigeriaJust one week after the President of Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, declared a State of emergency on food,...
Small businesses in food systems hold the key to affordable and healthy foods, report
An estimated 60 per cent of rural and urban Kenyan households access their daily meals from micro/small enterprises (MSEs) at local markets. But despite...
Tru-Cape helps provide meals to the most hungry.
On Thursday, July 20, a cheque for R1,904,4000 was presented to Food Forward SA representing meals raised as part of Food Lover’s Hunger Month...
Effective and Sustainable Financing, Key to Improving Africa’s Nutrition Status
Joint Op-ed by: Chimimba David Phiri, FAO Subregional Coordinator & Representative to the AUC and UNECA;Sara Mbago-Bhunu, IFAD Regional Director for East and Southern...
$400 billion needed per year while doing nothing could cost $12 trillion
Following recent news that the fight against hunger has stalled, a gathering of global leaders taking stock of progress made in transforming food systems...
122 million more people pushed into hunger since 2019 due to multiple crises, reveals...
Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including...
Creating Equitable Food Distribution in Africa
Africa’s food crisis remains one of the nation’s most pervasive problems, with poverty as the focal point. Numerous families survive off subsistence farming continentwide,...
Libya: African Development Bank, Government discuss strategy to bolster Food Security
The Bank hosted the meeting to deepen dialogue with the Libyan Government on key priorities, including agricultureThe African Development Bank has restated its support for...
UFS enhances food security with affordable and healthy solutions
Addressing the issue of food security in South Africa, Dr Brandon van Rooyen from the Department of Sustainable Food Systems and Development and Manager...
Operation Zero Hunger: Combating Food Insecurity in East Africa by Improving Storage Facilities to...
As the number of chronically hungry people increases, the world grows more vulnerable to food crises and insecurity. The FAO reports that in 2022...