Africa
Tillerson Offers $533 Million in Food Aid for African Famine
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced $533 million in new aid to fight famine in East Africa and the Lake Chad region, in a move aimed at underscoring the U.S. commitment as he embarks on a five-nation trip to the continent....
How to declare a famine: A primer from South Sudan
Latest data show after 4 years of war, nearly 2/3 of South Sudan’s population, over 7 million people will need food aid to stave off starvation in the May-July “lean season”–the time between the depletion of food stocks and the next harvest....
Africa ‘set to miss UN development goal on malnutrition’
Exceptionally detailed maps of child growth and education across Africa suggest that no single country is set to end childhood malnutrition by 2030. That target was set by the UN as a Sustainable Development Goal....
Cornell-Led Project Awarded $35 Million to Research Crop Vital to Africa’s Food Security
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Kingdom government collectively awarded $35 million to a Cornell project researching and promoting the use of cassava, a carbohydrate-rich tuber plant, in sub-Saharan Africa....
Can nuclear technology zap hunger in Central African Republic?
Tucked away on the University of Bangui campus in the capital of Central African Republic, a portacabin surrounded by palm trees shelters neat rows of test-tubes filled with green shoots. Here scientists are running a laboratory using advanced nuclear-derived techniques to find a solution to one of...
WATCH: Nigeria’s soil-free salad farm
How one young entrepreneur is growing greens in shipping containers - no soil needed....
Rising Temperatures, Terrorism Threaten Cameroon’s Food Security
Cameroon says its northern border with Nigeria and Chad and most of the Lake Chad basin face a food crisis because of desertification and the Boko Haram conflict that stopped farmers from doing their work....
The struggle to survive South Sudan’s hunger season
Almost half of South Sudan's population – 4.8 million people – are currently severely food insecure: an increase of 1.4 million since last year....
Can online courses fix Africa’s food insecurity?
South African farmer Howard Blight's company, Agricolleges International (ACI), will roll out its first courses in early 2018, and in the next few years plans to have a curriculum incorporating all of the agrisciences and an expanding footprint across Africa....
Responding to East Africa’s food security crisis in 2017, preparing for next year
Governments and donors are working together to mitigate food insecurity in East Africa, where relief efforts are complicated by lack of rain, cholera and other issues....
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