Food and People
By Joseph Chamie Portland, USA — People require food, with more people requiring more food and less people requiring less food. Despite that self-evident relationship, most governments appear reluctant to
Better Prevention and Targeting of Root Causes Needed to Combat Food Crises
Sitraka Niaina Raharinaiv / WFP A five-year-old girl eats corn for lunch in Madagascar. Her mother is a farmer and feeds her family with what she can produce, despite drought
Risk of more nations banning crop exports as food prices soar – economists
At least 10 export bans, or trade restriction measures, have been developed by countries in over a month. Picture: Reuters There is the risk that more countries will impose export
Govt Kicks Off Emergency Response Measures to Avert Food Crisis
By Ojwang Joe Kisumu — The government has kicked off the implementation of a number of emergency response measures to avert a food crisis in the country following the outbreak
Nigeria: Biotechnology Remains Nigeria’s Engine-Room for Food Security, Zero Hunger’
image: Pixabay The Director General (DG) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, weekend said the future of Nigeria’s food security lies
Ethiopia Elected to Executive Board of WFP
Ethiopia has been elected to the Executive Board of the World Food Program (WFP), according to the Permanent Mission of Ethiopia to the United Nations (UN). “We look forward to
UN Releases U.S.$100 Million to Fight Hunger in 6 African Countries and Yemen
United Nations/OCHA/G. Clarke Severe climatic conditions, combined with other persistent drivers of humanitarian crisis, armed conflict, protracted displacement and a spike in evictions of internally displaced persons are again pushing
Kenya: 3.5 Million Kenyans Facing Starvation Due to Prevailing Drought – IGAD
Nairobi — At least 3.5 Kenyans are facing starvation as a result of the biting drought in the Horn of Africa, Intergovernmental Authority on Development’s (IGAD’s) Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu,
African countries meet at UN forum on food and agriculture
FAO Regional Conference for Africa begins in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea 11 April 2022, Malabo – On Equatorial Guinea’s capital island of Malabo, agriculture ministers from across Africa are meeting this
Revamp agriculture to tame cost of living
A multi-storeyed kitchen garden at Wambugu Agriculture Training Centre in Nyeri County. FILE PHOTO | NMG The cost of basic items in Kenya has skyrocketed to a level requiring serious