Surviving the storm - How agricultural research could help Africa weather another food crisis
13 December 2010
In late 2009, the World Bank reported that the number of the world’s hungry has jumped the one billion mark. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network says that in Africa alone over 20 million people are at high risk from acute food shortages, with millions more following suit.
Cassava commercialization gives farmers a lifeline, US lauds initiative
03 December 2010
Cassava value addition in Africa has offered women farmers another income stream, improving livelihoods and food security, and making them smile, thanks to the United States Agency for International Development-funded project tagged Unleashing the Power of Cassava (UPoCA)..
Conservation of Africas forest offers great benefits
11 November 2010
Preserving Africa’s surviving tropical forests and planting new trees to replace those lost to deforestation could help reduce the severity of climate change by absorbing more carbon from the air, and ease the local impact of climate change by regulating local weather conditions, scientists have said.
African governments urged to step up investments in rural roads to end hunger
09 October 2010
More investments in rural transport infrastructure networks are needed in Africa to aid transport of agricultural commodities, reduce postharvest losses, and more importantly combat the menace of hunger, says Dr. Peter Hartmann, Director-General, IITA.
Des centaines de scientifiques se retrouvent au Sénégal pour lutter contre la faim en Afrique
26 Septembre 2010
Une culture longtemps négligée et qui a le potentiel de mettre un terme à la faim des millions de gens en Afrique, de pérenniser la révolution de l’élevage en cours dans les pays en voie de développement, de renouveler les sols lessivés de nutriments et même de nourrir les astronautes en missions spatiales de longue durée...
