Usiano Afrika, the innovation revolution
Faced with an alarming situation, the World Food Programme (WFP) is launching an urgent appeal for USD 557 million to meet the most critical needs for food assistance in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo from August to December 2023. The crisis is particularly acute in the provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and Kinshasa.
Globally, more than 122 million more people are going hungry than in 2019, due to the impacts of the pandemic, repeated weather events and conflicts, including the conflict in Ukraine, according to a new report published on Wednesday by five United Nations agencies. According to the latest edition of the
Every day, 340 children under the age of 5 die from preventable food-borne illnesses, highlighting an alarming problem facing the planet. The UN's World Health Agency sounded the alarm on Tuesday about the growing prevalence of diseases caused by the consumption of unfit food, affecting almost
According to the latest report on the analysis of the Integrated Food Security Classification Framework (IPC) of the 21ᵉ cycle in the Democratic Republic of Congo, made public on Monday 29 May, a period from January to June 2023 recorded acute food insecurity affecting more than 25.8 million people, or around 25 % of
During the Salon International de l'Agriculture in Paris, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), in collaboration with CIRAD, ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) and Roppa (Réseau des organisations paysannes et des producteurs agricoles de l'Afrique de l'Ouest), organised a conference on local innovations and public policies.
An unprecedented surge shook world food prices in September 2021, showing a year-on-year surge of almost 33 %. The spotlight is on the monthly statement from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), revealing a rise of more than 3 % since July,
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