by admin | Nov 3, 2024 | Environment / Climate Change, Policy and Legislation
By IFAD Published November 3, 2024 International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) of the United Nations and AKADEMIYA2063, a non-profit research organization based in Rwanda, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on promoting...
by admin | Sep 4, 2024 | Crops, Manpower / Capacity Building, Policy and Legislation
By Irene Gaitirira With an annual increase of 42 million people, the population of Africa will double to about 2.4 billion people in 2050. And this increase in population will have both positive and negative effects on the economy of Africa. Some of the positive...
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 | 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...
by admin | Jul 10, 2024 | Policy and Legislation
By Toni Bacala The last decade’s global quest for sustainable energy has put crop-based bio-fuels at the forefront, and with it, the longstanding Food versus Fuel debate, the dispute on whether to divert crops to feed vehicles instead of feeding households. With...
