Food Security - Page 2
Massive migration expected as famine looms in Ethiopia
The humanitarian situation in the drought-affected north and north-eastern Ethiopia continues to deteriorate as severe drought bites. “Rainfall in October, which was unexpected, was...
South Korea gets African land to safeguard food security
Daewoo Logistics of South Korea has secured farmland in Madagascar to grow food crops for Seoul, in a deal that diplomats and consultants said...
Botswana maize stock being depleted by Zimbabweans
A Botswana member of parliament has complained that starving Zimbabweans who are flocking there to buy basic food stuff have caused an...
A child dies every six seconds of hunger
With the world in financial turmoil, UN officials are drawing global attention to another global crisis, hunger, which they said affects millions daily and...
Ethiopian gov’t running out of luck
In the past four years, the rain fell in torrents, Demeke Hafiso’s crops sprouted like clockwork, his three-acre plot filled the stomachs of his...
Ethiopian Farmers cooking farm seeds out of hunger
Martne Harja had prepared her three-quarter hectare piece of land at Galcha Seke village in Wolayita zone of Ethiopia’s Southern Region for the planting...
Food Crisis in Northern Uganda
Food insecurity in northern Uganda, a region recovering from two decades of conflict, is approaching crisis levels due to a combination of factors, including...
Arable Land, the new gold rush
Saudi Arabia has no permanent rivers or lakes. Rainfall is low and unreliable. Cereals can be cultivated only through expensive projects that deplete underground...
Ethiopian crisis : Who is really to blame ?
Ethiopia has emerged as one of the biggest victims of global inflation after food prices in the country nearly doubled in the 12 months...
Africa: no quick fix for high food prices
The protests against soaring food prices that swept dozens of countries around the world earlier this year have shaken governments and international aid agencies....
Ethiopian crisis not getting any better
The number of people requiring emergency food aid is expected to increase as food security has not improved, according to the latest assessment of...
Canada deploys a frigate to Somalia against pirates
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday welcomed Canada's decision to deploy a frigate to Somalia to protect the agency's food ships...
When married women strip naked to make ends meet
Dereck Gurupira, 50, was bathing in the river near his home in Zimbabwe's Manicaland Province late one afternoon when he saw a woman on...
Coca-Cola chooses Nairobi
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki Thursday welcomed the decision by Coca Cola Company to make Nairobi its regional Headquarters.
Receiving senior representatives of Coca-Cola East and...
The United States to Ethiopia’s rescue
Ethiopia will soon receive a donation of US$ 70 million in emergency food assistance from the American people, the US Embassy and the UN...
FAO urges Zambia to consider cassava as major crop
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has urged Zambia to consider cassava as a high-value cash crop that can alleviate hunger at t he...
Mugabe in Rome to “explain” to world leaders he has often blamed
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe who made his first European trip to Rome Sunday for a global food summit is expected to use...
Nigeria says no to rice imports amid widespread hunger
A decision by the Nigerian government to reverse an earlier decision to import 50,000 metric tonnes of rice from Thailand to ease supply pressures...
Ordinary Zimbabweans feel the strain of an economic rot
Zimbabwean government last night suspended import duty on some basic commodities, including cooking oil and flour, in response to a sharp spike in prices...
Ethiopia : Drought and high prices skyrocket food crisis
Food prices in Ethiopia have continued to soar with reports of an alarming hike of the cost of the cheapest grain, maize, in some...
South African farmers condemn land reform programme
Small-scale farmers from the Western and Northern Cape provinces in South Africa marched to Parliament on Friday in protest against government's "sluggish" land reform...
Zambia to ban maize export due to crop reduction
The Zambian government has said that it will not authorise any maize exports following the 40 percent drop in the crop production during the...
Ethiopia brands local coffee for international exports
In a bid to promote its fine coffee exports, Ethiopia has launched an innovative and radical brand management programme that is pegged to the...
Kenya : Persisting food crisis despite end of drought
The rains have started falling in northeastern Kenya, but this alone is unlikely to immediately resolve the food problems facing the mainly nomadic families...
Cocoa farmers in Ghana get a boost
Ishmael Musah has always wanted to ascend to the highest academic level available in Ghana but blames the death of his father, a former...
Farmer’s information service launched in Kenya
Kenya has launched a farmers information service where t he country's farming community will now be able to receive and exchange timely news and...
Dangers of large scale biofuel production sounded by FAO
The UN food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned governments of the negative effects of large-scale production of biofuels, cautioning that rapid increases in...
Obama and Clinton tackle two primary states’ opposing economies
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton face pressure from both sides of the debate over biofuels and soaring food prices as they prepare for Tuesday’s...
Nigeria moves to tackle food crisis
Nigeria has announced plans to import 500,000 metric tonnes of rice and release an additional 11,000 mnetric tonnes of grains from its strategic reserve...
Tanzania President warns of the consequences of high food and oil prices
High food and oil prices on the world market are challenges to Africa that should be checked to save many economies in the continent...