Faced with the effects of climate change, which pose risks of food insecurity, particularly in Africa, a new initiative jointly supported by the International Solar Alliance (ISA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) should promote solar irrigation in nine countries on the continent by 2025. Large-scale solar applications for agriculture (LSSAA). This is the ...

The Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC), disclosed its committments to transforming agriculture from its current rudimentary level to modern commercial business that will guarantee food security for residents of the Niger Delta region. Speaking during a presentation meeting by the KASHA International Agricultural Development Organisation, at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Executive Director, ...

ANALYSISBy Kayenat Kabir Niger, a landlocked country in the dry Sahel region of Africa, struggles to feed its 25 millionpeople. It currently ranks 115th out of 121 countries on the Global Hunger Index, and the number of people not getting enough to eat has increased from about 13% of the population in 2014 to 20% ...