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Famine warning: “South Sudan is imploding”
afrol News The UN’s humanitarian agencies now warn about a devastating famine in Sudan and especially in South Sudan, where the situation is said to be “imploding”. Relief officials are appealing to...
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African Awakening Will Avert Future Food Crises
Dwindling land access in Ethiopia is a critical issue for 80 percent of the population who make a living as small farmers. Thirty years on from a famine that claimed more than a million lives, Ethiopia...
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Africa: Camel Milk’s Development Promise Neglected By Research
Rennes — More research on camel milk is needed to develop potentially valuable dairy products for marginalised communities in desert regions, experts have said. A staple in the diets of many nomads in...
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Kenya: Tea Farmers Tell KTDA to Defer Importation of Fertiliser
More than 5,000 small scale tea farmers affiliated to the KTDA want it to suspend importation of fertilisers worth Sh3 billion until tea prices improve in international markets. The Kenya Tea...
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African Leaders Support Call to Invest in Agriculture
A video grab taken from AFP footage on June 26, 2014 shows African Union (AU) President Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy attending the opening of an African Union (AU)...
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Kenya: Four killed when plane carrying khat crashes in capital
NAIROBI – Four crewmen were killed on Wednesday when a plane carrying the stimulant khat crashed into a commercial building in the Kenyan capital Nairobi shortly after taking off, police said....
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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe tells white farmers ‘to go’
“We say no to whites owning our land and they should go,” Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said. Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has called on the country’s remaining white farmers to cede land...
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Improved Food Systems Could Feed 3 Billion More People – Study
Targeted efforts to make food systems more efficient in key parts of the world could meet the basic calorie needs of 3 billion extra people and reduce the environmental footprint of agriculture...
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UN sounds urgent famine warning for S Sudan
World urged not to stand by as aid chiefs say 50,000 children could die from malnutrition in world’s worst food crisis. UNICEF warns that without swift action, 50,000 children could die from...
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Africa – Need to Create Jobs? Try Agriculture
Women in Medo, Ethiopia tend to Moringa cabbage trees (Moringa Stenopetala) as part of a horticulture training project. Moringa cabbage trees are drought-resistant and are able to produce high yields...
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