by admin | Aug 24, 2024 | Agro-Forestry, Environment / Climate Change
By Bamuturaki Musinguzi In the wake of adverse effects of climate change, there is need to conserve forests as Uganda’s National Forest Authority (NFA) is bent on doing. But in a classic example of robbing Peter to pay Paul, NFA’s efforts are threatening to drive...
by admin | Aug 18, 2024 | Crops, Policy and Legislation
By MediaGlobal Destroying poppy fields has hurt family incomes and lessened the ability to buy rice and other food items in the ‘Golden Triangle,’ or the mountainous regions of Myanmar, Lao People´s Democratic Republic and Thailand who once supported their families...
by admin | Aug 3, 2024 | Crops, Policy and Legislation
By Bethsheba Achitsa and Ogova Ondego Much of Africa may be endowed with large tracts of fertile land and a favourable climate, but perennial hunger and malnutrition continue to plague 265 million of the 1,033,043,000 (1.1 billion) people on this continent. A BBC...
by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Apiculture
By Khalifa Hemed Rural development projects financed by a specialised agency of the United Nations have contributed to increased productivity, incomes and food security in Kenya. According to a report presented in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on December 5, 2018,...
by admin | Jul 15, 2024 | Crops, Policy and Legislation
By African Development Bank Nigeria should be producing more food to stabilize food prices, while creating jobs and reducing foreign exchange spending Akinwumi Adesina, President of African Development Bank, says the decision by Nigeria’s government to allow...
