Thirty-five million people are currently suffering acute hunger. None of the five countries in which food prices are highest in relation to purchasing power has improved since 2022.
Today, the 8th March, is International Womens Day. Globally, inequalities in women’s and men’s lives are still significant. Climate change, for example, is disproportionately affecting the incomes of rural women.
The organisation Save the Children analysed available figures from the ten largest displacement crises of 2023 to see how many children were newly displaced across the year. The results are alarming.
Accusing India’s Narendra Modi-led Federal Government of not fulfilling the promises it had made when they called off their months-long protests two years back, thousands of Indian farmers are marching towards New Delhi.…
Seven new UN World Restoration Flagships include ecosystems at the tipping point of outright degradation resulting from wildfires, drought, deforestation and pollution. They are now eligible for technical and financial…
The Council of the Global Environment Facility has approved the largest work programme of projects of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization so far. Working closely on the ground with partners and countries, these…
Climate change poses a threat to yields and food security worldwide, with plant diseases as one of the main risks. A fungal disease could become serious threat to wheat production. To avoid losses, farmers in many…
The situation in four in Southern Africa countries could become uncontrollable, Oxfam says, pointing to the rising number of cholera cases and the limited access to clean water.
Africa has the potential to roll out renewable energies, with many countries skipping the age of fossil fuels. Falling production costs and decentralised energy systems are making a major expansion of renewable energies…
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centres (CGIAR) have committed to strengthen their collaboration to increase food production and provide better…
Despite numerous promising developments, Africa’s food production continues to lag behind the continent’s potential. The 10th German African Agribusiness Forum had a look at how some of the stumbling blocks could be…
Rising emergencies caused by conflict, human rights violations, natural disasters or extreme weather events are expected to increase the number of forcibly displaced people to 130 million by the end of 2024.
The international community is still far from achieving the goals it set itself for 2030 in combating hunger and poverty. At the 16th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) in mid-January, ways were discussed to…
Agriculture ministers agreed to accelerating the transformation towards sustainable, local, site-adapted and resilient agriculture as well as to strengthening the role of women in the agricultural sector, halving global…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention of malaria in children. The recommendation follows advice from the WHO: Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on…
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