More: food security
Strengthening Agriculture and Food Security in Senegal in the Face of the COVID-19 Crisis
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today a US$150 million IDA credit to support Senegal in strengthening agricultural productivity and helping build...
Food insecurity in West Africa could leave 43 million at risk as coronavirus hits
Well over 40 million people across West Africa face desperate food shortages in coming months, with COVID-19 restrictions a new factor adding to people’s...
The Importance of Hygiene in Food Industrial Fermentation Process Development
Food production is an extremely delicate process. It requires a high level of focus. For instance, you should not mess up with food hygiene....
COVID-19: The global food supply chain is holding up, for now
The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic is so far having little impact on the global food supply chain, but that could change for the worse –...
Coronavirus pandemic threatens to plunge millions in Arab region into poverty and food insecurity
COVID-19 will be responsible for pushing a further 8.3 million people in the Arab region into poverty, according to a new policy brief issued...
Zimbabwe’s Unprecedented Misfortune: The Perils of Climate Change
Remarkably, the El Nino effect is ghosting
human lives back again; Zimbabwe’s food insecurity is reaching dangerous levels
whilst ground policies are taking strange turns. Time...
EU fertilizer regulations: What are the consequences for the European food chain?
European food security is at risk from
well-meaning, but problematic regulations representing elements of the European
Union’s Circular Economy Package 2018. While capping cadmium content in
phosphate...
Global Leaders Unite Under the Food Action Alliance to Deliver a Better Future for People and Planet
The World Economic Forum, the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD)and Rabobank, together with a growing roster of
private and public sector partners have come together...
Sub-Saharan Africa faces grave hunger challenges in 2020
At the dawn of the next decade, a new World Food Programme (WFP)
forecast of global hunger hotspots has revealed that escalating hunger will
challenge sub-Saharan...
WFP calls for increased support as eight million in Zimbabwe face hunger
The World Food Programme (WFP) is calling on countries to step
up support to Zimbabwe, where millions of people are facing hunger brought
on by prolonged drought and economic meltdown.
Nearly...