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The Global Report on Food Crisis (GRFC) 2024 estimated that about 281.6 million people in 59 food crisis countries and territories faced high levels of acute...

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important crop with potential for improving food and nutrition security, economic opportunities, and agroecosystems. Burundi and Zimbabwe are at risk of food...

This publication presents the results of the Resilient Food Systems programme which aims to strengthen policy dialogue and decision-making in 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. It reviews the transformations...

Highlights: War and violent conflicts are often factors in the current food crisis. East Africa were living in a crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or higher)...

Access to safe, sustainable and accessible cooking fuels and technologies is an essential aspect of addressing both energy poverty and food security. The World Food Programme is the world’s largest...

In the current analysis period of September 2023 – coinciding with the harvest and post-harvest periods or "Impeshi" growing season – 1.52 million people, or 12 percent of the total...

AfricaFertilizer is an initiative under the International Fertilizer Development Center that seeks to provide clear, relevant, and opportune data and market analysis on fertilizers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Biofortified beans are being promoted in Burundi to solve malnutrition issues among rural households. The study was conducted in Muyinga and Gasorwe communes, where biofortified...

We aimed to examine the association between women's empowerment and childhood nutritional status while accounting for the mediating role of household headship structure. Cross-country, cross-sectional quantitative...

Highlights: The CPIA is an annual diagnostic tool for countries eligible for financing from the International Development Association (IDA), the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. The...