Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit: A Catalyst for Change in African Agriculture
Stories & Blogs IFAD (News )The African continent loses a staggering US$4 billion worth of soil nutrients annually due to erosion. This loss affects over 485 million people and threatens food security.
Five things you need to know about El Niño-induced drought in Southern Africa
Stories & Blogs IFAD (News )Urgent action is needed to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Southern Africa, many of whom are in the grip of the region’s worst drought in 100 years.
As trees rise, parched African landscapes spring back to life
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Story )When Yeshitila Haile looks up at the hillside behind his farmstead, he puts his hand on his heart and speaks with great satisfaction about how he has helped to transform the landscape in which he grew up.
In Zambia, I saw rural resilience first-hand
Stories & Blogs IFAD (Blog )Zambia has been hit hard by extreme weather events in recent years. Drought is impacting food security and rural livelihoods so severely that the government has declared it a national emergency.
Le Sénégal lance le Programme de gestion intégrée des risques climatiques à l'appui des petits exploitants agricoles.
Stories & Blogs IFAD (News )En partenariat avec plusieurs organismes internationaux, dont le FIDA, le Gouvernement sénégalais a officiellement lancé le Programme de gestion intégrée des risques climatiques (AIRCM)