Digital technology – A game changer for Ghana’s agricultural input distribution.
Stories & Blogs World BankMay 21, 2025(Blog )Delivering free or subsidized agricultural inputs to smallholder farmers in Ghana has always been a challenge—especially during emergencies, when speed is of essence
Sharing waters, transforming futures: CIWA's action for a climate-resilient Africa
Stories & Blogs World BankMay 19, 2025(Blog )In Sub-Saharan Africa, where over 90% of surface water crosses national boundaries, no country can secure its water future alone.
Acute food insecurity and malnutrition rise for sixth consecutive year in world’s most fragile regions – new report.
Stories & Blogs FAOMay 16, 2025(Story )In 2024, over 295 million people across 53 countries and territories faced acute hunger—an increase of almost 14 million people compared to 2023, while the number of people facing catastrophic levels of hunger reached a record high.
Greening West African Soils
Stories & Blogs World BankMay 16, 2025(Blog )The path to achieving a resilient agri-food sector to enhance food and nutrition security (FNS) stands at a crossroad in the West Africa region.
The hidden jobs engine: unleashing the potential of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa.
Stories & Blogs World BankMay 12, 2025(Blog )A common misunderstanding persists about job creation in Africa. Many envision cities as the epicenters of economic opportunity.
Desert locust movements in Northwest Africa raise concern amid spring breeding season.
Stories & Blogs FAOApr 29, 2025(News )FAO calls to enhance monitoring and initiate early control measures in affected countries
The impact of innovative evidence-to-policy approaches on accelerating nutrition-related SDGs: Can the NiPN model lead the way?
Stories & Blogs IFPRINov 15, 2024(Blog )Evidence-based policymaking is crucial for developing cost-effective strategies that address the root causes of food insecurity and malnutrition around the world.
Unleashing the potential of Generation Z for food system transformation in Africa.
Stories & Blogs IFPRIOct 28, 2024(Blog )A “youth bulge”—enters the labor market every year, African economies are still struggling to create opportunities for them, leading to high rates of youth unemployment across the continent.
Innovation lays the path to prosperity: Transforming farming in Burundi through FAO Farmer Field Schools
Stories & Blogs FAOOct 10, 2024(Story )Amidst the rolling hills of Burundi’s Gitega Province, Jacqueline Hakizimana, 42, looks out over the land she once struggled against.
Does conflict-driven internal displacement influence demand for agricultural inputs? Evidence from Nigeria.
Stories & Blogs IFPRISep 26, 2024(Blog )Smallholder farmers in northeastern Nigeria face interrelated challenges of food insecurity, climate change impacts, and conflict.