Researchers evaluate Gambia’s food systems
Researchers working on the FACE-Africa project have co-developed country-specific information and tools with Gambian food system stakeholders to evaluate possible strategies for adapting to...
IGNITE and Partners Discuss Applied Research Findings on Gender and Nutrition Integration in Agriculture
The IGNITE project (Impacting Gender & Nutrition through Innovative Technical Exchange in Agriculture) organized a Research Summit in Nairobi, January 23 through 25, to...
If Not Technology, What Is The Solution To Small-Hold Farmers’ Poverty and Hunger?
"Your life value equals your care and deeds for others.”
Dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, celebrated on Monday, 16 January 2023
We (people) are...
Actor Idris Elba tells world leaders that poor farmers need investment not handouts at...
At Davos today, actor Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba, both Goodwill Ambassadors for the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development...
Can We Prevent The Impending Food Crisis Due To A Lack of Farmers?
By: Dr. Nimrod Israely
The bad news is that there will be a food crisis.
It won't happen because of the fast population growth, wars,...
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary investments in long-term rural development and food sovereignty says...
Ahead of the annual gathering of world leaders in Davos next week, Alvaro Lario, President of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),...
Improved food security expected in Rwanda as harvest starts
The Season A harvest in Rwanda, which typically accounts for about 60 percent of Rwanda’s annual staple food production, began in December.
According to the...
Zimbabwe farmers adapt to agro-ecology
Small-holder farmers in Zimbabwe have been experiencing low crop productivity due to a number of factors, including planting inappropriate seeds and seed varieties, labour...
icipe announces ten new BioInnovate Africa grants to enable scientists create biologically based ventures...
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) through its Bioresources Innovations Network for Eastern Africa Development Programme (BioInnovate Africa) – a regional...
Germany and IFAD join forces to mobilize support for rural communities in Africa through...
Following its recent €30 million contribution in support of the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) response to the global food and energy crisis,...