In an attempt to protect the worlds food supply from the devastating impact of climate change, an international team of researchers led by University of Maryland (UMD) scientists, has successfully sequenced the complete genome of the worlds first domesticated crop, einkorn wheat
Agriculture
UK supports food security in Nigeria
Continuing his four-day African visit, the Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly will announce a new package of support to make Nigeria’s agriculture sector more climate resilient, as he arrives in the country on 1 August
Machakos County distributes agricultural inputs worth US$81.5mn
Machakos County has collaborated with the World Bank to distribute agricultural inputs worth US$81.5mn to farmer groups within the town in Kenya
Cash for Work programme ushers farmers back to their feet in Guinea-Bissau
As part of a Cash for Work programme under the Government of Guinea-Bissaus Emergency Food Security Programme, rice farmers are now being paid to repair the walls surrounding their rice fields
COP28 calls on governments to ensure agricultural integration into national climate agendas
The COP28 UAE Presidency on 24 July, launched its Food Systems and Agriculture Agenda, which forms a part of its continued work to define the COP28 Action Agenda leading into this years climate conference