Tag: Nutrition
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Financing Africa’s Food Systems Transformation: Challenges and Pathways to Drive Growth and Nutrition Security Across the Continent
This piece is part of the weekly series “Growing Forward: Insights for Building Better Food and Agriculture Systems,” presented by the Global Food Institute at the George Washington University and the nonprofit organization Food Tank. Each installment highlights forward-thinking strategies to address today’s food and agriculture related challenges with innovative solutions. To view more pieces ... -
Africa’s Indigenous Crops Hold the Key to Food, Nutrition, and Climate Resilience
By Brandon Moss, AgriFocus Africa Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) played host to a pivotal workshop on August 6, 2025, where agricultural scientists and policy experts from across Africa and Europe rallied behind a powerful message: Africa must embrace its indigenous crops to secure its food systems, improve nutrition, and build climate ... -
50 High-Impact Donors Funding Food Security and Nutrition in Africa
High-impact donors play a pivotal role in shaping the landscape of philanthropy, particularly in sectors that require urgent attention and resources, such as food security and nutrition. These donors are characterized by their strategic approach to giving, focusing on measurable outcomes and long-term sustainability. Unlike traditional donors who may provide one-time grants, high-impact donors often ... -
In Cameroon, FAO supports World Bank-funded project targeting nutrition, early warning systems, resilience and capacity-building for small-scale farmers
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), QU Dongyu, today signed an agreement to provide FAO’s support to the Government of Cameroon in building the capacity of small-scale farmers in the country’s Eastern Region. The Cameroon Emergency Food Crisis Response Project which is receiving $2.92 million from the World Bank and for which ... -
‘Opportunity Crops’ Could Boost Nutrition across Africa
Cary Fowler stands in front of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which he co-founded.Credit: Hemis/Alamy Stock Photo Agriculturist Cary Fowler is best known as former executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust and co-founder of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which houses more than 1.2 million seed samples covering every crop variety imaginable on an island in ... -
How Climate Change, Insecurity Is Exacerbating Nigeria’s Malnutrition Burden
With the present state of hunger in Nigeria, many families risk losing their children to Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) or raising generation of children with poor intelligence quotient (IQ) due to malnutrition. According to Food and Agriculture Organisation (FOA), food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, ...
