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
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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,...
Planting kick-starts in Lesotho amid high input costs
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Joint indigenous veld goat project launched
iNkosi Zwelothando Mabandla, AfriForum and the family farmer network the Southern African Agri Initiative (Saai) yesterday launched the joint indigenous veld goat agricultural development...
Sudan: African Development Bank Group commits nearly $74 million to boost wheat production
Agriculture is the backbone of the Sudanese economy, accounting for 60% of total national exports and generating a third of its gross domestic product
The...
Prepare for food disruptive calamities-FAO urges Zambia
Zambia and the Food and Agriculture Organissation food agency have renewed the 2023-25 Country Programming Framework in which the Southern African state receives assistance...