On 19 December, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) marked 25 years of joint efforts towards more sustainable agrifood systems
As the impacts of climate change continue to intensify, refugees and their host communities are feeling the brunt of these shocks, especially in the refugee hosting districts of Ugandas West Nile region, where deforestation and environmental degradation are hitting hard, causing sudden tension between refugees and the host communities
US President Joe Biden on 15 December, pledged US$2.5bn in humanitarian assistance to address acute medium- to long-term food insecurity in Africa, said a report by Reuters
Despite being the fifth most widely harvested crop in Nigeria, yams are not seen to be widely exported
At the high-level event of the 2022 African Year of Nutrition, co-organised by the African Union (AU) Commission, the Government of Cote D’Ivoire, African Development Bank (AfDB), along with several other partners and stakeholders, AU member states renewed their commitments towards nutrition on the continent
