Oped: Working with Communities and Nature to Build Resilience to Shocks and Stressors in...
As the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP27 takes place, there are hopes that ‘the African COP’ will mobilise the funds...
UN’s IFAD and the U.S. State Department help small-scale farmers to further reduce methane...
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the U.S. State Department announced a new partnership to support small-scale farmers in developing countries...
‘Don’t despair over fertilizer delivery’-Mtolo
Zambia’s agriculture season for 2022/23 season remains on course despite delays to distribute and make accessible to smallholder farmers the much sought after fertilizer...
Smallholder Farmers Need Immediate, Actionable Solutions Now Says CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy Initiative (EiA)...
The CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy Initiative (EiA) hosted a roundtable event to publish a draft Climate Adaptation strategic paper on Agronomy and Climate Change...
Africa needs US$86 billion for climate Adaptation
Africa needs an estimated US$86.5 billion for climate change adaptation by 2030 as part of the continent’s special needs and circumstances needed to patch...
Germany commits EUR15m to pay poor rural people in preserving ecosystems
Germany on Tuesday pledged to contribute to the project by providing an additional EUR15 million to the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development's (IFAD)...
Climate change is the biggest global threat, young people in Africa and Europe tell...
The “Securing our Future” report released today at COP27, spoke to 100 young people from Africa and Europe about what they see as the greatest...
Zambia drives US$100 bln climate change campaign at COP 27
Zambia’s impending climate change crisis was climaxed at the ongoing COP 27 conference in Egypt when it amplified the call for developed countries to...
World Bank transforms farmers into entrepreneurs
A World Bank-supported project is helping smallholder farmers in Lesotho diversify their crops, and expand markets as climate change, extreme weather, and global economic...
Small-scale farmers are vital to feeding West and Central Africa and transforming food systems
Amid increasing global hunger and poverty, devastating climate change impacts, the Covid-19 pandemic and the widespread effects of the war in Ukraine, small-scale producers...