Large-scale droughts can have cascading impacts on food security. They can reduce yield, increase food prices, trigger changes in consumption and lead to unstable supply...
Friederike Otto and Jasper Verschuur 16 Mar 2021
Indigenous beans could enhance food security in Cabo Verde which depends on food imports...
Anyse Sofia Fernandes Pereira Essoh 11 Mar 2021
Bizcommunity is proud to announce a media partnership with Success by Design in their forthcoming free webinar, titled 'B2B in Africa for Africa', taking place on Wednesday, 24 March 2021 at 12-12.40pm...
Bizcommunity.com 5 Mar 2021
Covid-19 is deepening global food insecurity, as the pandemic's economic impact adds to existing challenges...
Jules Siedenburg and John Paul Cauchi 26 Jan 2021
Despite intense efforts to control the pest throughout 2020, a new generation of Desert Locust swarms is threatening livelihoods and food security in the Horn of Africa and Yemen...
Our research shows we could feed the world sustainably - but conservation will have to become a lot more proactive...
David Williams and Michael Clark 22 Dec 2020
If rolled out worldwide, our method could replace a quarter of all the synthetic nitrogen fertiliser used in agriculture...
Prithvi Simha, Björn Vinnerås and Jenna Senecal 10 Nov 2020
Modern agriculture releases lots of different greenhouse gas emissions, each with complex effects on the global climate...
John Lynch 9 Nov 2020
Africa's low level of economic diversification is a leading factor in the continent's economic fragility. Further, the Covid-19 pandemic has magnified the risks of countries' over-dependence on a single natural resource such as oil...
Njuguna Ndung'u 28 Sep 2020
Turning the recovery from Covid-19 into an opportunity for cities to become more sustainable, resilient, and provide access to healthy foods for all...
FAO has elaborated a comprehensive Response and Recovery Programme to overcome the impacts of Covid-19 through up-scaled and robust international collaboration...
QU Dongyu 10 Sep 2020
Brazilian investors have expressed interest in Mozambique's agribusiness, given the agro-ecological potential and the promising opportunities that the country offers in this sector.
Forests provide an essential buffer between people and wildlife - and the viruses they carry. Global agriculture is destroying forests, harming biodiversity and may be putting human life at risk...
According to a United Nations report, global food prices continue their upward trajectory for the second consecutive month in July, led by vegetable oils and dairy products...
