Global developments are increasingly undermining Africa’s food and nutrition security – with disastrous consequences for the continent’s progress. Our author calls for an African-owned nutrition financing architecture…
Recent crises have had a severe impact on the fertiliser trade, and hence also on food systems. Our author maintains that fertiliser value chains have to be reviewed. Here, he calls for a broad approach with aspects…
After more than 20 years of negotiations among over 160 countries, the new WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (“Fish I”) has recently entered into force. According to Fish I, the WTO Member States may no longer…
Ending hunger is not only a question of producing more food - it is about who grows it, who has access to resources, and who reaps the benefits. Investing in the empowerment of women farmers is one of the most effective…
For her many years of work on African indigenous vegetables, Kenyan horticulturist Mary Abukutsa’s was recently awarded 2025 Africa Food Prize. In an interview with University World News, she gives an account of a wide…
The democratic liberal countries are cutting funding for their development cooperation. Who is going to bridge this gap? Four approaches could mitigate the decline in support. However, they are either not very realistic…
The impact of climate change is growing by the minute and urgent action is needed to put knowledge into the hands of the world’s smallholder farmers. The measures which CABI is taking in this respect are described here…
Progress in combating desertification has been dealt a blow, with UNCCD negotiating parties failing to reach an agreement last December. Our author stresses the importance of addressing the issue of desertification and…
Embedded in the CAADP framework, and adopted in 2014, the Malabo Agenda was intended to contribute to implementing agriculture-led development on the continent that eliminates hunger, reduces poverty and food insecurity,…
After two weeks of United Nations COP 29 with an almost routine extension day to reach some sort of agreement, most of the participants have gone home disillusioned, among them our author. He would like to see somebody…
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