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Agriculture

IFAD and Mozambique sign agreement to help rural people in agriculture, other markets

A new financial agreement, signed today by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Republic of Mozambique, will help more than 287,700 rural people engaged in agriculture

Publication Date: 
13/06/2018
Devdiscourse
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Agriculture, Mozambique, Fisheries, Food Security, Africa
Land

Kenya launches land use policy to address food security, environmental protection

Kenya on Tuesday launched the national land use policy to help address food security and environmental protection.

Publication Date: 
13/06/2018
Xinhua
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Land, Food Security, Environment, Kenya, Land Use, Climate Change, Africa
Food Policy

UN Says 6 Million Struggling to Get Food in Africa's Sahel

The U.N.

Publication Date: 
13/06/2018
Voice of America
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Food Security, Sudan, Malnutrition, Children, Child Health, Famine, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Africa
People

Child labour in agriculture in protracted crises, fragile and humanitarian contexts

This note provides technical and operational guidance to stakeholders of the agriculture, food security and nutrition sector intervening in protracted crises, fragile and humanitarian contexts to ensure that children are not engaged in activities that could negatively affect their health, development or education, and are not employed in hazardo

Publication Date: 
12/06/2018
FAO
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Child Labour, Children, Agriculture, Conflicts, Poverty, Food Security, Nutrition
Agriculture

World cassava conference holds 11-15 June in Cotonou

The Global Cassava Partnership for the 21 century (GCP21) will hold a world conference on cassava in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, 11-15 June 2018.

Publication Date: 
07/06/2018
Africa Science News
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Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Food Security, Uganda, Africa
Food Policy

S. Sudan worst-case hunger crisis looming, aid body warns

More civilians in South Sudan are without food in more places than ever before in the country’s history, an international aid agency warned, saying an upsurge in fighting, lack of access and attack

Publication Date: 
07/06/2018
Sudan Tribune
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Food Security, Sudan, Famine, Malnutrition, Food Policy, Africa
Poverty

Malawi and IFAD launch new project to reduce extreme poverty among poor rural households

A new financial agreement signed Wednesday between International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Government of Republic of Malawi will help more than 437,000 rural households improve t

Publication Date: 
07/06/2018
Malawi News Agency (MANA)
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Poverty, Malawi, Rural Development, Droughts, Food Security, FAO, AIDS, Africa
Agriculture

AfDB approves USD 42 mn grant to boost Sudan's agricultural production

To boost agricultural production and productivity in Sudan, the Bank approved USD 42 million in concessional grants from the African Development Fund to support the National Agriculture Investment

Publication Date: 
07/06/2018
Devdiscourse
Tags:
Agriculture, Food Security, Sudan, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Africa
Water Resources

Where is the added value? A review of the water-energy-food nexus literature

This report finds that water-energy-food (WEF) nexus research has not produced a discernible intellectual toolkit, nor has it validated claims that nexus approaches can improve resource management and governance outcomes.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2018
Stephanie Galaitsi, Jason Veysey, Annette Huber-Lee
Stockholm Environment Institute
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Water Resources, Energy, Food Security, Agriculture, India, Global
Climate Change

Enhancing the capacity of local communities to access crop genetic diversity for climate change adaptation

Benin is located on the Guinean coast of West Africa and has a mixed tropical and sub-equatorial climate with two rainy seasons. Beninoise farmers practice mixed rain-fed crop and livestock farming. Climate change puts the country at risk of food insecurity.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2018
Gloria Otieno, Sognigbe N’Danikou, Bienvenu Bossou, Toussaint Mikpon, Raymond Vodouhe, John Recha, Michael Halewood
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Secturity
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Crops, Maize, Food Security, Africa

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