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Food Policy

Starvation stalks Kapedo as bandits unleash terror

Kapedo town, located on the boundary of Baringo and Turkana counties, has known no peace as tensions flare among communities.

Publication Date: 
21/05/2018
Standard Media (Kenya)
Tags:
Food Security, Starvation, Kenya, Africa, Food Policy
Agriculture

African research body to start commercializing climate smart maize variety

NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Africa’s crop research body is set to start commercializing climate smart maize variety in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) to help save farmers from experiencing complete crop loss whe

Publication Date: 
21/05/2018
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Maize, Climate Change, Food Security, Droughts, Crop Pests, Africa
Agriculture

Why bees matter: the importance of bees and other pollinators for food and agriculture

For centuries bees, busy as they are known to be, have benefited people, plants and the planet. But did you know that bees are not the only ones that sustain life on earth?

Publication Date: 
20/05/2018
FAO
Tags:
Bees, Apiculture, Agriculture, Food Security, Food Crops
Poverty

Lesotho zero hunger strategic review 2018

The Zero Hunger Challenge (ZHC) is an international call for action made by the United Nations (UN) towards a vision of a world without hunger. It is fully aligned to the 2030 Agenda and reflects the five elements from within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Publication Date: 
17/05/2018
Government of Lesotho
Tags:
Malnutrition, Food Security, Lesotho, Africa, Poverty
Food Policy

World food assistance 2018: preventing food crises

Chronic hunger is increasing around the world and food crises are spreading and intensifying. A new report by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), World Food Assistance: Preventing Food Crises, examines these crises, asking what causes them to break out, what determines their scale and how they might be prevented.

Publication Date: 
14/05/2018
World Food Programme
Tags:
Food Security, Food Prices, Food Supply, India, Global, Malnutrition
Food Policy

Food insecurity and rising food prices: what do we learn from experiential measures ?

Throughout many countries in the world, the measurement of food security currently includes accounting for the importance of perception and anxiety about meeting basic food needs.

Publication Date: 
14/05/2018
The World Bank
Tags:
Food Security, Food Prices, Malawi, Africa
Health

Three food basket regions face malnutrition

Speaking during a workshop this week in Morogoro, Mkuranga District Council Nutrition Officer, Ms Sophia Boniface, said the 2015/16 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS) showed that prevale

Publication Date: 
14/05/2018
Daily News (Tanzania)
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Security, Malnutrition, Tanzania, Child Health, GDP, Nutrition, Africa
Agriculture

Zimbabwe: 9 000 Farmers Take Up Climate Smart Agric

ABOUT 9 000 farmers in the province have taken up Climate Smart Agriculture programme, offered by the Zimbabwe Framers Union to ensure food security.

Publication Date: 
11/05/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Zimbabwe, Farmers, Africa, Food Security
Food Policy

Hundreds of thousands of children close to dying of hunger in Congo, UN warns

Internally displaced and severely acute malnourished children wait to receive medical attention at a hospital in Kasai-Oriental province,DRC.

Publication Date: 
11/05/2018
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Food Security, Famine, Child Health, Congo, Food Policy, Malnutrition, Africa
Food Policy

Third of Burkina's population are food insecure: govt

A third of the 18,6 million people of Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries of the world, will experience food insecurity this year, Agriculture Minister Niouga Ambroise Ouedraogo said on Mond

Publication Date: 
08/05/2018
News 24 (South Africa)
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Security, Burkina Faso, Subsidies, Africa

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