AFEX marks world hunger day by committing to feeding an additional 1M households
AFEX, Nigeria's leading commodities exchange, marked World Hunger Day by committing to feeding an additional one million households over the next 12 months. To...
Op-Ed: Africa Middle East Must Act Now to Make Agri-Food Systems More Resilient
The world is marking the World Hunger Day on May 28 and the evidence is clearer than ever - maintaining on-farm productivity globally is...
Mozambicans turn to cassava, sweet potato, yam as bread prices soar
Mozambicans are abandoning buying bread and switching to traditional foods such as cassava, sweet potato and yam as bread prices, like in most countries...
The father of Pink Lady® apples falls from the tree of life
As tributes pour in to the life of John Cripps, a preeminent apple breeder responsible for two of the most successful trademarked varieties, Pink...
African Development Bank Board approves $1.5 billion facility to avert food crisis
Initiative to benefit 20 million African farmers, who will receive certified seed and technology to rapidly produce 38 million tons of food
The African Development...
Kenyan government should reduce the high fertilizer prices to boost food security
Nelson Maina: Kenyan-based agriculture expert
Kenya’s cost of living has hit unprecedented highs with prices of basic commodities being out of reach for many citizens.
This has...
Mozambique govt orders all food products to be labelled in Portuguese by July
All retailers of food products in Mozambique have been ordered by the government to label in Portuguese food products sold in the country before...
Looming Global Food Crisis Requires Immediate and Coordinated Action from All Sectors
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is testing the capacity of global food systems to feed the world in times of crisis. An estimated 1.7 billion...
African Development Bank Group seeks US support for $1.5 billion emergency food plan for...
The president of the African Development Bank Group , Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, made a compelling case, on Wednesday, for the United States to back...
Facing husbandry and farming challenges together
The global demand for food and animal protein will dramatically increase in the coming decades. Raising and processing animals, land and water based, for the production of food will become increasingly challenging. In light...