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The meeting of the regional mechanism for the Prevention and Management of Food Crises (PREGEC) in the Sahel and West Africa was held on June 15 and 16, 2023 in Abuja, Nigeria. That was...

ActionAid’s new research finds that as the world faces an unprecedented cost of living crisis, local communities in the Global South are dealing with the consequences of severe price rises...

Highlights: The Sahel and West Africa region is facing a serious food and nutrition security crisis with high rates of acute malnutrition, combined with high rates of malnourishment and...

In this article, I examine whether the contemporary regional intellectual property (IP) agreements negotiated by West African countries are more suitable than multilateral agreements to advance...

Though fisheries can contribute to nutritional needs, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable natural resource management in many developing countries, their role in the achievement...

Highlights: This Sahel and West Africa Regional Focus covers sixteen countries – Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Burkina Faso...

Highlight: West African Heads of State and ministers affirmed their commitment to accelerate investments and reforms to make fertilizers more accessible and affordable during the high-level roundtable...

Highlights: The 4 priority areas of the draft ten-year Action Plan for Fertilizers and Soil Health in Africa are: 1. Strengthening sectoral policies and the policy and regulatory...

KEY MESSAGES: The food crisis is growing and is highly exacerbated by insecurity, inflation and the adverse effects of climate change The 2022-2023 agropastoral season was generally satisfactory, but...

Provide immediate assistance to the 42.5 million people at risk of food and nutrition crisis during the lean season (June-August 2023) and commit to structural responses to prevent food...