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Andrew Makenete joins Africa Agri Tech as an event ambassador

Special Reports Staff Reporter - 11 Feb 2020

Makenete has a wealth of experience in the agricultural sector

Food insecurity rising in Africa

Africa Sipho Kings - 21 Sep 2018

The continent’s farmers have to become more resilient to survive changing climate patterns and extreme weather events

International aid profits Senegal’s women

Article Isabel Malsang - 12 Jan 2018

Programmes to promote gender equality and counter poverty gain ground

More people went hungry in Africa in 2017, but new initiatives also bore fruit

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 2 Jan 2018

There were some African food security initiatives from 2017 that deserve a special mention for the precedent they set.

Sub-Saharan Africans worst affected by undernourishment

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 30 Oct 2014

Africa is lagging behind in tackling hunger with reports showing that over 25% of Africa’s population suffer from acute undernourishment.

Shark fin soup disappearing from Chinese menus

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Nov 2011

Couples marrying in Hong Kong and China have been swayed by conservation groups' campaign to ban the shark fin trade.

Aid groups ready to work with rebels

Article Otto Bakano - 21 Jul 2011

Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab rebels in Somalia will accept help from relief groups, lifting the two year ban on foreign aid.

Global food scare widens from Japan nuclear plant

Article bogdan TagDiv - 24 Mar 2011

Australia, Canada and Singapore joined a list of countries shunning Japanese food imports as radioactive steam wafted anew from a nuclear plant.

UN: Food prices triggering global unrest

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Feb 2011

United Nations food agencies on Friday warned that record high prices for basic commodities are helping generate unrest around the world.

Food costs at record highs, UN warns of volatile era

Article Svetlana Kovalyova - 4 Feb 2011

Global food prices tracked by a UN agency hit their highest level on record in January, a problem set to worsen after a massive snowstorm in the US.

Food insecurity, prices top agenda at UN talks

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Oct 2010

The United Nations food agency, the FAO, opened high-level talks in Rome on Monday aimed at tackling food insecurity and price shocks.

Big business subverts world health

Article bogdan TagDiv - 7 Oct 2010

UN official spells out how lobby groups stall and water down progressive regulation.

Greener and leaner

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Jun 2008

The world food crisis is a tragedy frequently and passionately foretold. For years food experts warned that chronic under-investment in agriculture in developing countries, by governments and donors alike, would one day spell disaster.

World leaders meet to address food price crisis

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Jun 2008

World leaders gathered in Rome on Tuesday for a United Nations summit on food security as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged "hard decisions" and heavy investment in agriculture. "For years, falling food prices and rising production lulled the world into complacency," Ban said, adding: "Governments put off hard decisions."

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