Africa
How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa
According to the FAO, the world population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050, and to feed that number of people, global food production will need to grow by 70%. For Africa, which is projected to be home to about 2 billion people by then, farm productivity must accelerate at a faster rate than the glob...
Armyworms: The hungry caterpillar threatening a global food crisis
A plague of armyworms is marching across Africa, devastating crops, and claiming new territory at an alarming rate....
Experts call for multi-pronged approach to fight fall armyworm in Africa
Scientists have called for quick, multi-institutional collaboration and coordinated action against the fall armyworm that has ravaged maize to avoid economic hardship for smallholders in the region and across Africa generally....
New Rebel Group Threatens to Intensify South Sudan’s War
A former general in South Sudan’s army said he commands a new rebel movement of at least 30,000 fighters that will seek to overthrow President Salva Kiir, threatening to deepen the three-year civil war in Africa’s newest nation...That could mean more bloodshed for a conflict that’s already cla...
Somalia pledging conference opens as famine looms
Aid groups report that a third famine warning is “on its way” to Somalia — a crucial turning point for response, they say — as governments from across East Africa and key partner countries meet for the Somalia Pledging Conference in London, United Kingdom, on 11 May....
China’s Appetite Pushes Fisheries to the Brink
Overfishing is depleting oceans across the globe, with 90 percent of the world’s fisheries fully exploited or facing collapse, according to the FAO...unsustainable fishing practices threaten the well-being of millions of people in the developing world who depend on the sea for income and food....
TV show to promote farming as ‘cool’ for youth
Four young farmers, two each from Kenya and Tanzania, are part of the first agriculture reality TV show, Don’t Lose the Plot, where participants will battle it out for a $10,000 prize. The show is an endeavour to change the perception of farming among Kenyan and Tanzanian youth in an effort to mak...
Children of Somali diaspora in Canada come together to fend off famine
A new generation of young Somali-Canadians is looking to raise both money and awareness of the looming disaster in their parents' homeland — and hope the international community will act before it's too late....
Satellite images trigger payouts for Kenyan farmers in grip of drought
Innovative insurance scheme gives a lifeline to vulnerable pastoralists, as three years of poor rains kill thousands of livestock across northern Kenya....
Fall armyworm spreads to East Africa
As millions of east African farmers seek to recover from a devastating drought, they face a new threat – the fall armyworm. The pest has been recently detected in Kenya and is suspected to have entered the country from Uganda. It is also known to be present in Burundi, Ethiopia and Rwanda. ...
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