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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Kenya experts says fall armyworm threatening food security
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- The outbreak and continued spread of fall armyworm (FAW) in Kenya is threatening food security, a Kenyan official disclosed on Wednesday. Mwangi Kiunjuri, Cabinet Secretary of the
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Uganda: EU Earmarks Shs45b for Fish Development
As fish stocks dwindle European Union has earmarked Shs45b to promote production of fish. The money will mainly seek to support fish production along in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, especially on the
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17,000 hectares of food destroyed in eastern Tanzania due to pest attack
In Tanzania's eastern district of Kilosa, pests have destroyed nearby 17,000 hectares of food and cash crops. (Image Credit: Wikipedia) In Tanzania's eastern district of Kilosa, pests have destroyed
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Secure access to land critical to achieve an end to hunger
Addressing fairly the challenges of land tenure for hundreds of millions of people in Asia and the Pacific is a critical step that policy makers must take if the region is to meet the 2030 deadline for
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UN’S Emergency fund releases US$30 million to avert acute hunger and malnutrition in the Sahel
Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock released today US$30 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to urgently scale-up relief efforts in West Africa’s Sahel, where an acute drought,
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New menacing Cassava pest identified in West and Central Africa
A new pest—southern armyworm, Spodoptera eridania (Stoll)—has been discovered in West and Central Africa! Originating from the tropical regions of the Americas the fall armyworm (FAW) adult has a remarkable
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels this century will alter the protein, micronutrients, and vitamin content of rice grains with potential health consequences for the poorest rice-dependent countries
<p>Declines of protein and minerals essential for humans, including iron and zinc, have been reported for crops in response to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, [CO2]. For the current century,
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African research body to start commercializing climate smart maize variety
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Africa’s crop research body is set to start commercializing climate smart maize variety in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) to help save farmers from experiencing complete crop loss when drought
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Starvation stalks Kapedo as bandits unleash terror
Kapedo town, located on the boundary of Baringo and Turkana counties, has known no peace as tensions flare among communities. There is uneasy calm along an eight-kilometre road named the 'valley of death'
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From camels to catfish, Algeria boosts fish farming in the Sahara desert
In a corner of his sprawling farm, Milouda Mohammed proudly unveiled his latest venture - a pond full of catfish that could herald a new future for farmers like him on the Sahara desert. He is hoping