World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Food Security
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Africa's farmers urgently need climate-proof investment for food security
The world is letting down Africa’s smallholder farmers – and governments across the globe urgently need to more than double their spend on helping them adapt to the brutal daily realities of a climate
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UNDP offers 467,000 USD in aid to develop Botswana's biodiversity-rich northwest
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has offered about 467,000 U.S. dollars in aid to develope Botswana's northwestern district of Ngamiland with rich biodiversity. Addressing a full council
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Kenya: Drought- Thousands Facing Starvation in Turkana
Kang'irisae Location Senior Chief John Ekwar and Kerio Delta MCA Peter Ekaru on Wednesday told the Nation that a man and a woman died last week as they sought food. "A woman from Lodoket-Engol village
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DRC: 260,000 children severely malnourished- UNICEF
In the corridors of the Kasai nutritional centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo, mothers and their children wait for doctors to take care of them. Susan and her daughter, Rosette escaped conflict
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Drought-tolerant Crops to Contribute to Food Security in Namibia
Farmers in Namibia now have new crop varieties of cowpea and sorghum that are more tolerant to drought and pests planted this year, thanks to nuclear technology provided with the support of the IAEA and
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Researchers show how coffee growers can optimize profits, sustainably
Coffee has huge importance to many smallholder farmers around the world. The success of a year's coffee crop can mean the difference between having enough cash in hand for buying food and watching your
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Kenya: Artificial Intelligence is the Answer to Kenya's Food Insecurity
Agriculture is key to Kenya's economy, contributing 26 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and another 27 per cent of GDP indirectly through linkages with other sectors. The sector employs more
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Heatwave threatens to slash harvests in drought-hit Zimbabwe
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, March 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Despite a dry year, Sazini Moyo's maize crop had been pushing up tassels and she anticipated a decent harvest - until her farm outside Bulawayo
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Namibia: Food Bank to Be Rolled Out Nationally By June
THE food bank will be rolled out to all 14 regions of the country by June this year, poverty eradication minister Zephania Kameeta said in Windhoek last week. Kameeta said this when he received a donation
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Rwanda: New Technology That Could Reduce Post-Harvest Losses
The Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources is calling on the private sector to invest in cereals storage and related technology as part of the efforts to tackle post-harvest losses. This, if followed