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 ...

Women in arid parts of rural Sudan, where water is becoming increasingly scarce due to climate change, are learning techniques to adapt to new weather patterns which will build their resilience for the future, thanks to support from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Women farmers in Sudan are being encouraged to take a more ...

Farmers in the north of the Khartoum-El Gezirah agricultural program are complaining of a severe shortages of water needed to irrigate their fields. Farmer Mohamed Gusheiri told Radio Davanga that he could not pay the rent for “a regular motor thatpumps water from the White Nile orcanals”. “After a failed summer harvest due to torrential rains and ...

By Resala Abdelrahim Khartoum — Rice is one of the ancient cereal grains in the world, and people have grown it for at least 5,000 years ago. It is a staple food for more than half of the world’s population, and 90% of the world’s rice comes from Asia. There are thousands types of rice, ...