Crop Prospects and Food Situation, a quarterly publication by Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Markets and Trade Division, indicates that cereal output and import must both rise in Low-Income Food Deficit Countries. The report by the FAO, estimated that aggregate … Continue reading Cereal output, import must rise in Low-Income Food Deficit Countries
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is set to partner with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to rejig food systems and economic activities in specific Sahel countries. The countries include Burkina Faso, … Continue reading IFAD partners WFP, FAO to revamp Agriculture in Sahel
Ministers at the largest ever FAO Regional Conference for Africa have committed to ‘raise ambitions and accelerate actions’ towards achieving food security, at the close of the three day event. Around 900 delegates including 95 ministers and other government officials … Continue reading African countries commit to accelerate actions towards food security
Land is essential to our lives – we grow food on it and rely on it for economic growth and development. In sub-Saharan Africa approximately 83% of people depend directly on land for survival. However, approximately two-thirds of the continent’s … Continue reading Key insights into land degradation from seven African countries
