Tag: food security

Zambia maize harvest to drop by a third - farmers

Clues and solutions to Kenya’s puzzling food price crisis

Governments everywhere have the twin responsibility of ensuring that food prices are affordable for the majority of people, while guaranteeing good margins for producers. In practice, many opt to subsidise…

Improving food security in Africa

Investing in Nigeria’s agriculture

Achieving agriculture and food security is one of the key execution priorities of Nigeria’s economic recovery and growth plan 2017 to 2020.

Solving Africa’s land issues to boost productivity, alleviate poverty and eradicate hunger

Since 2008, Africa attracted numerous foreign investors. But only 50% (around 200 000 hectares) of the land invested in has been harnessed for production.

Armyworm threatens food security in Southern Africa

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has confirmed that the recent pest infestation to crops across Limpopo and North West provinces is in-fact the fall army-worm.