Malawi food security outlook update, April 2021
Most rural households are currently experiencing increased food access alongside ongoing harvesting and the start of a new consumption year. Minimal (IPC Phase 1) food security outcomes are widespread
Food Crops
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Liberia: 'New Farming Technologies Will Make Liberia Food-Secure'
Dr. Innousa Akintayo, Country Director of Africa Rice, an agricultural based organization has said that introducing new technologies of farming in agriculture will make Liberia a food secured nation.
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This African Super Grain Could Solve Famine and Drought (Plus It’s Gluten-Free)
Last July, a Whole Foods store in New York’s Harlem decided to stock bags of fonio, a West African grain similar to couscous. The first shipment sold out in three hours. Just last week, Los Angeles Lakers
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Mozambique: FAO Warns of Poor Harvests
London — The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that dry weather conditions and high temperatures are likely to reduce harvests in southern Africa, leading to a rise in
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Tanzania and EU launch rice projects to boost production
DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Tanzania and the European Union (EU) on Wednesday launched three rice projects in Tanzania aimed at increasing competitiveness and improving the post-harvest value chain.
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Gambia: Threat to Food Security Spotted in Gambia FAO, Partners Mount Sensitiasation
The Fall Army Worm (FAW), a destructive and dreadful crop pest which poses a great threat to food security, was spotted in the Gambia some months ago. As a result, the Food and Agriculture Organisation
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Protecting cassava from disease? There's an app for that
Cassava is one of the developing world's most important crops. Its starchy roots and leaves are a staple food for more than 500 million people in Africa each day. And Africa produces half of the world's
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Climate change puts rice farming at risk
A new study reveals a rise in temperature could devastate rice yields in West Africa’s Sahel region A new modeling study published warns that the dry-season irrigated rice in West Africa’s Sahel region
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West Africa’s rice production at risk, says study
A study has warned that the dry-season irrigated rice in West Africa’s Sahel region has reached the critical threshold of 37 degrees Celcius – the tipping point. It added that further temperature
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Researchers find approach to cultivate high-manganese, low-cadmium rice
Chinese researchers have found a major quantitative trait locus (QTL) that can be used to cultivate high-manganese, low-cadmium rice, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) said in a statement
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Weatherwatch: scientists develop 'speed breeding' to feed rising population
Scientists are engaged in a race against time to breed staple crops that can both survive climate change and yield bigger harvests. Their aim is to feed a growing population in a warming world. The