Zambia has built a substantial body of research on agriculture, covering seed systems, grain markets, food security, climate resilience and agricultural production. But a new study is examining a critical question: how much of that evidence actually reaches policymakers and influences government decisions? The research, being conducted by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center ...

South Africa’s agricultural sector could be better positioned to withstand the effects of a forecast El Niño weather pattern than during previous drought cycles, with healthy grain reserves and improved soil moisture expected to cushion food prices in 2027. Weather experts have warned that El Niño conditions are likely to develop ahead of the country’s ...

North Africa’s growing dependence on food imports is increasingly shaping the region’s economic stability and geopolitical dynamics. Climate stress, water scarcity and rapid population growth are placing pressure on already fragile agricultural systems, forcing many countries to rely heavily on global food markets to meet domestic demand. As global food prices fluctuate and geopolitical tensions ...

Until sustainable food security is established through modernizing agriculture and ensuring adequate support for local farmers, Russia’s grain supply would still remain as a soft bait (i) to reinforce the existing time-tested relationships with Africa and (ii) to solicit endorsement for the unprovoked war in Ukraine. By Kester Kenn Klomegah In a speech delivered, 20th March ...

By Ashton Balaigwa , The Guardian SUFFICIENT and surplus food is available in Tanzania, which highlights achievement of goal number two of the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs), a senior government official has declared. Gungu Mibavu, the marketing and food security director at the Ministry of Agriculture, said this here over the weekend at a stakeholders’ meeting to discuss ...

Zoe-Karl-Waithaka/Image Supplied NAIROBI, 17 April 2024 – According to a new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) entitled The Whole Truth about Whole Grains, there is huge opportunity in food system transformation, but it’s critical to change what is grown, processed and consumed thoughtfully and gradually. Currently, most of the grains are stripped of the ...

By Yulia Bychkovska Ukrainian grain exports, especially wheat, make up a large portion of African grain imports. Before Russia’s full-scale invasion, in 2020, over 50 percent of fifteen African countries’ imports of wheat came from Ukraine and Russia. Moreover, for six of these countries (Eritrea, Egypt, Benin, Sudan, Djibouti, and Tanzania) more than 70 percent of their wheat imports came ...

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security in Nigeria has commenced the bagging process of the approved 42,000 metric tonnes of grains earmarked for distribution to economically disadvantaged citizens, following President Bola Tinubu’s directive.    Sule Haruna, Director of the Food and Strategic Reserve Department (FSRD) at the Ministry, confirmed the ongoing bagging process in ...

Russia has successfully fulfilled its commitment to provide humanitarian aid in the form of 200,000 metric tonnes of free grain to six African countries, as previously announced by President Vladimir Putin in July. This is based on a Reuters report. The delivery, confirmed by Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev, included 50,000 tonnes each to Somalia and ...

Zimbabwe expects to harvest 2.28 million metric tons of maize this year, enough to meet its annual consumption, due to the promotion of farming practices aimed at reducing the impact of climate change, such as no till farming and water harvesting. “Water harvesting techniques, soil and moisture conservation and the minimal disturbance of soil under ...