According to a United Nations report, global food prices continue their upward trajectory for the second consecutive month in July, led by vegetable oils and dairy products...
2 days ago
Ethiopia's on-going construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River has attracted speculation that it could lead to a 'water war'...
Ashok Swain 3 Aug 2020
Gearing up for the inaugural International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste on 29 September, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has unveiled a new platform...
30 Jul 2020
Sustainable agriculture and better health monitoring needed to break chain of disease transmission in food systems...
Fatima Arkin 23 Jul 2020
"The geospatial platform will allow us to design more targeted agricultural interventions and investment plans through a territorial approach - an approach that fosters equality, inclusion and sustainable food and nutrition security."
22 Jul 2020
According to the United Nations' recently published annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, tens of millions have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five years, and countries around the world continue to struggle with multiple forms of malnutrition.
16 Jul 2020
In Kenya's urban areas, there's a serious problem of people not having enough food, particularly in the capital city of Nairobi...
Elizabeth Kimani-Murage 13 Jul 2020
The countries with the highest volumes of poultry consumption in 2019 were China, the U.S. and Brazil, with a combined 40% share of global consumption...
10 Jul 2020
The European Commission has allocated these funds to support the UN agency and partner countries in combatting the worst desert locust upsurges seen in the region in decades...
8 Jul 2020
Accredited as an implementing partner, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will work with the Adaptation Fund on projects to help vulnerable countries fight the harmful effects of climate change...
6 Jul 2020
The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks international prices of the most traded food commodities, averaged 93.2 points in June, some 2.4% higher than the previous month...
2 Jul 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has reached Africa at a time when the continent is already grappling with multiple crises...
Maria Helena Semedo 30 Jun 2020
The Republic of Korea's Damyang Bamboo Field Agriculture System, a traditional farming system in Damyang, has been recognised as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System...
26 Jun 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic will have economic consequences for many countries. In Nigeria, the country's lockdowns froze economic activities, causing job losses and supply chain disruptions.
Tolu Olarewaju 22 Jun 2020
More than a third of the fish stocks around the world are being overfished and the problem is particularly acute in developing countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization stated.
15 Jun 2020
It's time to redesign food systems that deliver healthy foods, allow farming families to make a good living, and support thriving societies...
Kai Mausch, Michael Hauser, Todd Rosenstock and Wanjiku Gichohi-Wainaina 12 Jun 2020
Oceans cover 70% of the Earth's surface. But, because many of us spend most of our lives on land, the 362 million square kilometres of blue out there isn't always top of mind...
Jennifer Silver, Leslie Acton, Lisa Campbell, Noella Gray 5 Jun 2020
Global commodity food prices fell for the fourth consecutive month in May, as supplies appear strong and demand weakens due to economic contractions triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic...
4 Jun 2020
Africa must now, more than ever, develop and implement policies to enhance capacity to compete in the agriculture sector, processing, trade and industry...
26 May 2020
FAO expects subdued usage to push up cereal stocks in 2019/20 and FAO's first forecast for wheat markets in 2020/21 points to continued growth in inventories...
7 May 2020
The evolution of civilisation runs hand-in-glove with the earliest forays by our ancestors into agriculture. Simultaneously, the unfolding of early forms of agriculture brought primitive technology into people's lives...
7 May 2020
Research sponsored by the African Union suggests that if nations on the continent were free from child malnutrition, they could see their GDP expand by as much as 16%...
Qu Dongyu, Josefa Sacko and Thokozile Didiza 4 May 2020
Mauritius is a small island nation located in the Indian Ocean. Like other countries, it faces drastic changes to its social and economic landscape with the appearance and spread of Covid-19...
Harshana Kasseeah 29 Apr 2020
To feed the world in a new era of awareness and to sustain their own future, manufacturers need to change their mindsets...
Roy Henderson 28 Apr 2020
The three-year partnership aims to support 25,000 farmers and 50 SMEs, as well as open up new markets for them...
28 Apr 2020
County governments and the health ministry should allow produce markets to operate in urban areas...
Timothy Njagi Njeru and Miltone Ayieko Were 21 Apr 2020
Millions of African smallholder farmers who grow fruits and vegetables (FFV) for export have lost market access as flights are cancelled and borders restricted around the world...
15 Apr 2020
Weakening demand and falling oil prices due to the global pandemic drive down international prices for major food commodities
2 Apr 2020
As a player in the agricultural sector in West Africa, the company has invested approximately 5 million dollars in agricultural projects in Togo to provide employment for the Togolese communities and to reduce their dependence on imports...
Robin Fredericks 1 Apr 2020
Millions of people around the world depend on international trade for their food security and livelihoods. As countries move to enact measures aiming to halt the accelerating Covid-19 pandemic, care must be taken to minimise potential impacts on the food supply or unintended consequences on global trade and food security...
1 Apr 2020
FoodForward SA has launched a R50m appeal to extend its outreach footprint and get food to a wider network in order to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic...
25 Mar 2020
The Food and Agriculture Organisation's latest food price index has reflected a decline in global food prices in February for the first time in four months - averaging at 180.5 points, down by 1.0% from January but still 8.1% higher than a year earlier...
6 Mar 2020
The African Development Bank, in collaboration with the government of Nigeria, held a workshop in Abuja from 17 to 18 February to discuss details around the categorisation and location of special agro-industrial processing zones (SAPZ)...
26 Feb 2020
Smallholder avocado farmers in Kenya face several barriers to participating in export markets...
Mulubrhan Amare 19 Feb 2020
Widespread hatching and movement in different directions of the destructive desert locusts could turn into a full-blown crisis in the coming weeks in East Africa and neighbouring countries if not stopped, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation warns...
Nelson Mandela Ogema 13 Feb 2020
The empowerment of women in the South African agricultural workforce, and the creation of gender-transformed workspaces, is enjoying greater policy priority across Africa - there is evidence that it can boost productivity...
12 Feb 2020
According to the conservation organisation World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), South Africa will have to produce 50% more food by 2050 in order to feed an estimated population of 73 million people. The implementation of sustainable farming practices is therefore crucial to ensure food security.
Claudi Nortjé 12 Feb 2020
Farmers are more likely to adopt and share new practices when their knowledge and experience is taken into account...
10 Feb 2020
The best way of dealing with desert locust, as other locust species, is to adopt a preventive management strategy...
Cyril Piou 6 Feb 2020
In a joint letter to President Xi Jinping, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, International Fund for Agricultural Development and World Food Programme paid tribute to the resilience of the Chinese people...
6 Feb 2020
The locust outbreak is the worst to strike Ethiopia and Somalia for 25 years and the worst infestation that Kenya had experienced in 70 years. Djibouti and Eritrea are now being affected...
31 Jan 2020
Eighteen new areas protecting vulnerable marine ecosystems has been established...
30 Jan 2020
There has been much about a major Africa investment summit being hosted by the UK. Attended by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and an array of royals, a great deal of hopeful win-win-win rhetoric abounded linked to forging new partnerships for a post-Brexit future...
Ian Scoones 24 Jan 2020
Between the rise of veggie burgers that "bleed" and vegan protesters at supermarkets, veganism is in the news...
Matthew Ruby and Tani Khara 23 Jan 2020
Swarms continue to pour into Kenya from Ethiopia and Somalia and are rapidly spreading to the centre of the country...
20 Jan 2020
Trade is a way that countries can tap into their own local advantages and close food security gaps, says FAO Director-General QU Dongyu...
19 Jan 2020
Countries should promote alternatives to pesticides and more carefully examine how to prevent insect invasions in the first place
Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 17 Jan 2020
Agribusiness is evolving from a local and regional model to a global structure, making this sector of increasing interest to corporations, public agencies, and society at large - with the right expertise, investment and policies, Africa can evolve and curb the current annual food import bill of $35bn, which is estimated to rise to $110bn by 2025...
16 Jan 2020
The broader agricultural economic environment is changing, and this would require us to revisit how we determine our success as well...
Nico Groenewald 13 Jan 2020