By Emeka Christian Umunnakwe Africa’s ambition to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 will remain out of reach unless young people are deliberately positioned at the centre of food system transformation—not as beneficiaries of agricultural programmes, but as leaders across the entire value chain. For more than two decades, Africa’s food security agenda has been shaped ...

By Justina Auta Edited by Uche Anunne Nigeria’s agribusiness stakeholders have reaffirmed their commitment to advancing inclusive growth and youth empowerment through strengthened multi-stakeholder partnerships. This pledge follows a strategic engagement in Abuja with a delegation from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), led by Mr. Sadiq Rabiu, Special Assistant to the ...

“Investing in Innovative Food Systems Solutions in Challenging Contexts,” provides a roadmap for revitalizing northern Nigeria’s food systems ABUJA, Nigeria, October 11, 2025/ –– The African Development Bank (https://AfDB.org), in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), has released a new study urging coordinated and ...

A young woman works inside an irrigation tunnel in Eswatini, part of a programme deploying greenhouse and shade net structures to shield crops from extreme heat, erratic rainfall, and hailstorms. Mbabane – Eswatini is expanding its climate adaptation efforts in agriculture by introducing protected cultivation infrastructure and climate-smart technologies aimed at increasing food system resilience. ...

Ahead of UN gathering to review progress towards more sustainable food systems, farmers appeal for greater recognition as agents of change. Little Rock, AR, Jul. 23, 2025 – Smallholder farmers have called for greater inclusion within national strategies for food systems transformation ahead of a key United Nations meeting. UN Member state representatives will gather ...

More than 115 agrifood experts, government advisors and business leaders are calling for animal-source foods to be excluded from a UN declaration to eliminate trans-fatty acids. July 16, NAIROBI – A draft UN declaration to eliminate trans-fatty acids from global diets risks inadvertently denying the world’s poorest the nutritional benefits of milk and meat, experts have said. ...

A boy sits in the shade of a makeshift hut in northeastern Nigeria on June 20, 2016. Nigeria is suffering from food shortages as the United Nations warned some 50,000 children in Nigeria could starve to death that year.  (STEFAN HEUNIS/AFP via Getty Images) Forty-eight million people in West and Central Africa face acute food ...