cocoa entering the EU traceable to the specific plot of land it was grown on, and proven free of deforestation dating back to 31 December 2020
Africa holds about one-fifth of the world’s livestock, yet produces only five per cent of global milk, while spending billions on food imports
IWMI Director General Mark Smith offered a similar reframe from a water perspective: “Water is an enabler and an unlock for food systems”
The bigger test is whether the finance can follow, and whether a solution proven at a few dairy centres can become a solution for African SMEs
The call emerges at AFSF 2026 as governments, investors, development partners and farmer organisations meet to deliberate implementing CAADP
For a farmer whose vegetables are losing value due to a lack of cold, reliable refrigeration, the most immediate gap is harvest and market.
During the pre-summit day of the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFS Forum), held in Kigali to mark two decades of food-systems transformation
For years, the response to Africa’s declining farm yields has followed a familiar script: use more fertilizer. But across Eastern Africa, that approach has run into a hard limit, which is the soil itself. Decades of intensive farming, erosion,…
When people talk about sustainability in floriculture, the conversation often starts with what happens in the greenhouse. How much water is being used? How are pests being controlled? What is the carbon footprint of production? How much plastic is…
The world needs enough food as hunger tightens its grip on millions, Africa with vast arable lands, faces heightened food security crisis