At Inaarok Lukuny Comprehensive School in Kenya’s Kajiado County, pupil enrolment has more than doubled over the past year, rising from 240 to more than 525 children. The head teacher attributes much of that growth to a simple change:…
As Africa searches for sustainable ways to feed a rapidly growing population while creating jobs and adapting to climate change, attention is increasingly turning to the continent’s rivers, lakes and coastlines. But according to researchers at WorldFish, the future…
For decades, Africa’s food security debate has revolved around familiar questions: How can the continent produce more food? What technologies are needed? Who will fund agricultural transformation? But at the inaugural World Food Prize Foundation DialogueNEXT Africa held in…
Agricultural workers and agrifood systems are on the frontlines of climate change, as extreme heat events increasingly threaten the livelihoods, health, and labor productivity of over a billion people worldwide. But beyond being a seasonal hazard, extreme heat is…
The discussions among attendees of Zero Waste Day revealed supply chains as just one side of the equation, while consumer behavior another
Since its establishment through a United Nations resolution led by Türkiye and over 100 Member States, Zero Waste Day calls for global action
In the settlement of Dollow in Jubaland state, Habiba lost everything to the drought. Her cattle died. Her crops withered. With no other choice, she walked seven days through parched land carrying her malnourished children to reach the nearest…
For generations, Kenya’s smallholder farmers, who produce the majority of the country’s food, have relied on indigenous seeds
This forms part of a broader multi-sectoral drought response strategy of water trucking, livestock feed supplementation, nutrition support
Scenes of coffee farmers cutting down their plants have become common in Kenya in recent years. A preferred beverage for millions worldwide, coffee is now at the center of a transformation shaped by environmental crises, international tensions, and rising…