The From Seeds to Foods exhibition is a global event organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In part, it brings together six regional pavilions to showcase the diversity, innovation, and transformation of agrifood systems around the world. The Africa pavilion, organized by the FAO Regional Office for Africa, will be a ...

Amid growing food insecurity and malnutrition across Southern Africa, parliamentarians are stepping up to drive legislative solutions. From 22 to 24 July 2025, parliamentarians from across the region – are gathering in Johannesburg, South Africa, for a high-level meeting and training organized by the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization ...

A scientist analyses a sapling in a lab. DAKAR, Senegal, (IPS) – From increased pests and diseases to lower crop yields and extreme weather events, the adverse impacts of climate change on agriculture in Africa cannot be overstated. Climate shocks will present major roadblocks to the continent’s rapidly growing population, especially if global temperatures remain ...

Courtesy of 2024 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition Visionary agripreneurs from 11 African countries recognised for launching innovative businesses that drive agricultural transformation across the continent Celebrating Africa’s top young agrifood entrepreneurs at the 2024 Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF) in Kigali, Rwanda; Visionary agripreneurs from 11 African countries recognised for launching innovative businesses that drive ...

A 2023 study was recently awarded the Cozzarelli Prize from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences for its work identifying “forgotten” food crops in sub-Saharan Africa that may be more resilient to climate change than the region’s current staple crops of maize, rice, cassava and yams. The study found that West Africa and ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Subregional Coordinator for Southern Africa, Patrice Talla paid a courtesy visit to His Excellency, Umberto Malnati, the Italian Ambassador to Zimbabwe at his offices in Harare. The courtesy visit is part of existing and ongoing collaborative programmes between Italy and FAO to promote agriculture investment ...

FILE – A worker picks avocados from a tree in an orchard at the Afrupro avocado plantation in Tzaneen, South Africa, March 10, 2021. A new report says Africa’s agrifood sector — which involves the processing, packaging and selling of locally produced food — could be the key to boosting employment rates, income and food ...