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From water conservation to crop selection, how farmers can take action against drought

From water conservation to crop selection, how farmers can take action against drought

Delphine Luquet, Ndjido Ardo Kane and Vincent Vadez 26 Oct 2022

Botswana resumes beef exports to the EU

Botswana resumes beef exports to the EU

Brian Benza 20 Oct 2022

UN farm fund in talks with IMF to join forces on resilience trust - president

UN farm fund in talks with IMF to join forces on resilience trust - president

Jorgelina do Rosario and Nigel Hunt 3 Oct 2022

UN ship leaves Ukraine with wheat for Ethiopia

UN ship leaves Ukraine with wheat for Ethiopia

Pavel Polityuk 19 Sep 2022

WFP plans food relief for 700,000 Zimbabweans

WFP plans food relief for 700,000 Zimbabweans

13 Sep 2022

Empty shelves and rising prices test Tunisians' patience

Empty shelves and rising prices test Tunisians' patience

Tarek Amara and Jihed Abidellaoui 9 Sep 2022

Can Ukraine's grain deal ease the global food crisis?

Can Ukraine's grain deal ease the global food crisis?

Nigel Hunt and Jonathan Saul 9 Sep 2022

Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference

Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference

Chloe MacLaren 1 Sep 2022

Scientists look to solve ozone threat to Africa's food security

Scientists look to solve ozone threat to Africa's food security

Gloria Dickie 1 Sep 2022

Grain ship in Ukraine readies for journey to Africa

Grain ship in Ukraine readies for journey to Africa

Andrea Shalal 15 Aug 2022

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African Development Bank extends €121m food-production loan to Senegal to cushion impacts of war in Ukraine

11 Jul 2022

Omnia sees Africa increasing farm input support amid food security fears

Omnia sees Africa increasing farm input support amid food security fears

Nelson Banya 21 Jun 2022

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European Investment Bank to support increased rice production in Liberia

9 Jun 2022

Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight

Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight

Nafisa Eltahir and Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah 4 Apr 2022

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Five essential commodities that will be hit by war in Ukraine

Sarah Schiffling and Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos 2 Mar 2022

UN WFP, Impact Hub Kigali launch programme to support food system innovations in Rwanda

UN WFP, Impact Hub Kigali launch programme to support food system innovations in Rwanda

7 Jan 2022

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Are small farms the solution to food insecurity? Uganda study shows policies can get it wrong

Juan Pablo Rud, Diego Restuccia and Fernando Aragon Sanchez 2 Dec 2021

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PepsiCo expands partnerships to advance food security in sub-Saharan Africa

17 Nov 2021

Namibia suspends poultry from Germany, Netherlands after bird flu outbreak

Namibia suspends poultry from Germany, Netherlands after bird flu outbreak

Nyasha Nyaungwa 2 Nov 2021

Manni Group Design Award: Ghana Innovation Farm open for entries

Manni Group Design Award: Ghana Innovation Farm open for entries

28 Oct 2021

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

4 Oct 2021

Why global food prices are higher today than for most of modern history

Why global food prices are higher today than for most of modern history

Alastair Smith 28 Sep 2021

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Philip Tetteh Quarshie and Evan Fraser 27 Sep 2021

How climate change contributed to Madagascar's food crisis

How climate change contributed to Madagascar's food crisis

Chris Funk 14 Sep 2021

African Union crafts guidelines for GM crops, activists raise alarm

African Union crafts guidelines for GM crops, activists raise alarm

Wendell Roelf 1 Sep 2021

How to put women at the centre of Africa's food systems

How to put women at the centre of Africa's food systems

Elizabeth Mkandawire and Melody Mentz-Coetzee 20 Aug 2021

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

Kamran Mahroof and Sankar Sivarajah 19 Aug 2021

Research and development are key to resilient food systems in Africa

Research and development are key to resilient food systems in Africa

Lulama Ndibongo Traub, Thomas Jayne and Wandile Sihlobo 2 Aug 2021

Tanzanian small-scale farmers receive support to improve food security

Tanzanian small-scale farmers receive support to improve food security

12 Jul 2021

How Covid-19 measures have affected food safety in East Africa

How Covid-19 measures have affected food safety in East Africa

5 Jul 2021