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Child undernutrition is a persistent challenge in arid and semi-arid areas due to low and erratic rainfall, recurrent droughts and food insecurity. In these settings, caregivers face several...

Highlights: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 18 hunger...

Tight monetary policies, restrictive financial conditions, and the slowdown of global trade continued to weaken global growth. Global economic growth declined in 2023 and is expected to decline...

Africa produces around 60% of the rice the continent consumes, relying heavily on rice imports to fulfill the rest of the domestic demand. Over the past 10 years, the rice-agricultural...

This Kenya Jobs Diagnostic discusses Kenya’s demographic transition and its impact on the labor force and economic growth. It highlights the importance of creating a favorable environment for the young...

Alliance-supported community seed banks in Kenya (since 2019) and Uganda (since 2010) have maintained 72 crop and tree species and more than 600 varieties. Up to September...

During the past 40 years or so, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and East African Community (EAC) have taken various actions to enhance...

In-depth engagement processes and collaboration with the implementing partners of the Agroecology Initiative, Dry Lands Natural Resources Centre (DNRC) and Sustainable Agriculture and Healthy Environmental Program (CSHEP)...

Highlights: Food insecurity in Haiti has been worsening since 2018 due to economic setbacks and below‑average agricultural production, exacerbated by escalating violence. Heightened violence has...

This book "Young Changemakers: Agroecology Entrepreneurs for Rural Access" by Access Agriculture, a non-profit organisation supporting agroecology and organic farming supported by the European Commission and the FAO, details...