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Nutrition fanatic leads from the front in Malawian community

Nutrition fanatic leads from the front in Malawian community

18 May 2022

For Loyda, steady and reliable milk production means the world, allowing her to pay for other essential needs, like children’s school fees and house maintenance expenses. Photo: FAO

Happy cows make for a happy farm in Uganda

17 May 2022

In Nigeria, the survivalist informal trade is seen as organised smuggling that jeopardises the country’s industrialisation ambitions. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

Why import restrictions aren’t helping Nigeria industrialise

16 May 2022

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that Kenya will now be using agricultural land from parastatals and giving it to private companies to prioritise the production of food and cash crops. Photo: Presidency Kenya Twitter/Supplied

Government to redistribute idle land to private companies in Kenya

16 May 2022

Newly-launched $50m Bidra fund zooms in on Moroccan farmer solutions

Newly-launched Bidra fund zooms in on Moroccan agritech solutions

13 May 2022

One of the major topics of discussion at COP15 was access to land, and how to do so sustainably. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

NGOs helping to bridge the gender gap in African farming

13 May 2022

Pam and Simba Samasuwo-Nyawiri are using their pumpkin leaf farm in Canada to bring together other immigrants to form a new community in the frosty country. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

Zimbabwean couple uses farming to build immigrant community in Canada

12 May 2022

Alain Richard Donwahi is the president of COP15 for the next two years. Photo: Wikicommons Media/Supplied

Ivory Coast’s former water minister takes COP15 helm

12 May 2022

Visual Capitalist has compiled data which looks at Africa's most lucrative and highly-produced cash crops. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

Cassava leads the way as Africa’s most produced cash crop

11 May 2022

Lucy Chimombo is a mushroom farmer in Malawi who didn't have the information she needed on how to begin growing white button mushrooms. Penn State University helped her gain all the knowledge she needs, and gave her a $40 000 grant to help her better access the private sector. Photo: Supplied/Pixabay

US varsity helps Malawian mushroom farmer to expand

11 May 2022

A team from the Centre for Social Research at the University of Malawi spoke to residents about the indicators of poverty they notice in their community, and the results came as a surprise to the researchers. Photo: Supplied/FAO

New tool finds way to gauge levels of poverty in Malawi

10 May 2022

icipe and the UN's FAO are encouraging Kenyan farmers to delve into insect farming. Photo: Supplied/Pixabay

icipe: Helps African farmers take insect farming to the next level

10 May 2022

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Nutrition fanatic leads from the front in Malawian community

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Nutrition fanatic leads from the front in Malawian community

by FAO of the UN

The FAO-Unicef Afikeop project has transformed the nutritional health and wellbeing of a Malawian community with farmer Tael Vumu proudly at the helm.

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Happy cows make for a happy farm in Uganda

Why import restrictions aren’t helping Nigeria industrialise

Government to redistribute idle land to private companies in Kenya

Newly-launched Bidra fund zooms in on Moroccan agritech solutions

NGOs helping to bridge the gender gap in African farming

Zimbabwean couple uses farming to build immigrant community in Canada

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Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that Kenya will now be using agricultural land from parastatals and giving it to private companies to prioritise the production of food and cash crops. Photo: Presidency Kenya Twitter/Supplied

Agri News

Government to redistribute idle land to private companies in Kenya

One of the major topics of discussion at COP15 was access to land, and how to do so sustainably. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

Agri News

NGOs helping to bridge the gender gap in African farming

Alain Richard Donwahi is the president of COP15 for the next two years. Photo: Wikicommons Media/Supplied

Agri News

Ivory Coast’s former water minister takes COP15 helm

Politics

Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan to “bring deeper change”

by The Conversation

Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, addresses the general debate of the United Nations' General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session. Photo: Supplied/UN

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After the death of President John Magufuli on 17 March 2021, Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan became Tanzania’s sixth president, and the first woman in the office. She may have been an “accidental president” but she seems to have set Tanzania on...

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The general impression of Zanzibar when approached from the mainland is of a long, low island with small ridges along its central north–south axis. Coconut palms and other vegetation cover the land surface. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

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Here’s how farming transformed Zanzibar’s coastline

by The Conversation

As more land was used for urban living and agriculture in Zanzibar, more sediment...

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Southern Africa’s soapy plants can improve hand hygiene

There are a number of flowering plants that we do not often recognise the holistic health benefits of, such as okra, kalanchoe and periwinkle flowers. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

Healing with the help of Africa’s indigenous plants

Cassava is one of the continent's food staples. Here is a history on the root veg and its humble beginnings. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

Cassava, a staple crop that sustains a continent

Global News

Land degradation is fast becoming a huge issue across the globe, and the UN advised on strategies to slow this process down. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

UN warns of land degradation across the globe

The US state of New Jersey kicked off with its first legal sales of medical marijuana on Thursday, 21 April 2022. This was a bid on the part of the state to reduce the number of cannabis-related arrests made each year. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

New Jersey begins sale of legalised medical cannabis

The heads of various financial and food support organisations met in Washington D.C to work on a plan to economically empower and support vulnerable food systems across the globe. Photo: Supplied/Pixabay

Banks and food organisations call for international support

The African Development Bank and UN are working together to mitigate the negative economic impacts of the Russian war on Ukraine. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

UN announces plan to reduce impact of Russia-Ukraine war for Africa

Extinction Rebellion, an international movement that demands that governments pay attention to the plights being caused by climate change, recently infiltrated Shel''s London HQ to encourage employees to become whistleblowers. Photo: Extinction Rebellion/Supplied

Extinction Rebellion: Climate scientists stage protests as call for attention

International companies have formed together to create a new programme/competition that will run for four years. The aim is to create a new market for farmers; not commodity-based, but more neutral-market based. Photo: Pixabay/Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

International competition aims to give African farmers new market access

NASA has shared images showing how the world's croplands are expanding. Photo: Supplied/NASA

NASA Earth Observatory finds global croplands have expanded

The international price of fertiliser is at an all-time high. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

Russia-Ukraine: Fertiliser prices reach international high

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Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that Kenya will now be using agricultural land from parastatals and giving it to private companies to prioritise the production of food and cash crops. Photo: Presidency Kenya Twitter/Supplied

Government to redistribute idle land to private companies in Kenya

NGOs helping to bridge the gender gap in African farming

Ivory Coast’s former water minister takes COP15 helm

Cassava leads the way as Africa’s most produced cash crop

Changemakers

Nutrition fanatic leads from the front in Malawian community

Nutrition fanatic leads from the front in Malawian community

Happy cows make for a happy farm in Uganda

Newly-launched Bidra fund zooms in on Moroccan agritech solutions

Zimbabwean couple uses farming to build immigrant community in Canada

Food Security

In Nigeria, the survivalist informal trade is seen as organised smuggling that jeopardises the country’s industrialisation ambitions. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

Why import restrictions aren’t helping Nigeria industrialise

Rising food prices ravage Central, West Africa

World Bank encourages insect farming as food prices soar

Human Rights Watch: “Food crisis looms in Africa.”

Lifestyle

A picture featuring George Chiwedzerero, who left Zimbabwe for South Africa and was not heard from for two decades.

Missing migrants project helps families find peace

Here’s how farming transformed Zanzibar’s coastline

Southern Africa’s soapy plants can improve hand hygiene

Healing with the help of Africa’s indigenous plants

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West and Central African commodities are being negatively impacted by rising international prices. Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

Rising food prices ravage Central, West Africa

International competition aims to give African farmers new market access

Africa’s production outputs expected to be lower overall in 2022

Russia-Ukraine: Fertiliser prices reach international high

Thought Leaders

QU Dongyu, director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Photo: Supplied/FoodForAfrika.com

Africa’s new harvest: Sustainable development through innovation

Fortification of staple foods can be game-changer for Africa

Fighting the ongoing battle against malnutrition in Africa

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