Drought-ravaged Ethiopia

El Niño has caused massive crop failure, reduced livestock and pushed millions of people in Ethiopia into food insecurity

Dignity at the end of life: a Malawian nursing study shows the impact of food

Food security emerged as a critical concern in the study, that has significant consequences for dying women’s dignity. There are …

Climate extremes can reverse progress in ending malnutrition

A report by the World Meteorological Organization adds that climate events in 2017 had the biggest impact on acute food insecurity and …

How Africa can benefit from Earth observation technologies

The first Global Monitoring for Environment and Security and Africa Forum explores innovations and sustainable development using Earth …

More competitive agriculture sector in Africa critical for boosting rural economies

The 11th African Economic Conference witnessed three days of intensive discussions on how African countries can achieve agro-allied industrialisation

Africa development challenges are heavily under-researched

African leaders call for "critical interrogation" of the current challenges that the continent is facing

How agriculture can be intensified in Africa without causing harm

Sustainable agriculture in Africa has the ability to act as an example for other regions worldwide. But to do this the approaches and technology …

African Drought Conference: leaders focus on risk mitigation measures

African countries were urged to move away from crisis management approach to risk management

Need food system overhaul to combat global hunger: Report

Promoting consumption model and regenerative production practices, supporting development of diverse distribution market networks is need of the hour

IPR claims by big companies; farmers' food security under threat

Patents on seeds by corporations leave farmers unable to save or share seeds

Climate change: Food production in Africa’s Sudano-Sahelian Zone under threat, finds study

The Sudano-Sahelian Zone in Africa is the most vulnerable to climate change

Hunger costs Ghana $2.6 billion per year

24 per cent of all child mortality cases in Ghana are associated with undernutrition

A thought for food

Experience shows that agriculture benefits far more from overall macro-economic reforms

UNITED NATIONS

Roots of paucity

US policy limits agricultural yield of poor nations

Review of the website www.freerice.com

Regional cooperation can improve food security

Unable to get food, Adivasi tea worker in north Bengal estate dies of starvation

Fact-finding team formed by independent labour organisations reveals the worker and his wife had no access to food under the public …

Sustainable diets will remain a minefield until we change the way we approach food

With profit-making still at the top of the food industry agenda, we need more than consumer power alone to achieve a truly sustainable food system

‘Biodiversity is integral to maintaining food security’

National Biodiversity Authority representative underlines importance of all food crops at Chennai meet

Biotechnology for food security: hope over hype

A range of biotechnological approaches, including both traditional ones like selective breeding and fermentation techniques, and modern ones such …

What needs to be done to give Africa's smallholder farmers access to machinery

Mechanisation of agricultural activity can help many African countries unlock underutilised agricultural potential. But there are serious …

A grain revolution for Africa

In just a few decades, Africa has become a net food importer. But it has to feed more and more people in the future. Estimates suggest the …

Combating soil pollution vital for addressing climate change

Soil pollution refers to the presence of chemicals in soils that are either out of place or at higher-than-normal concentrations

Agriculture becomes casualty of Syrian war, incurs losses worth US$18 billion

Agriculture is a crucial safety net in the rural areas, and its loss may increase internal and external migration