UN chief urges lifesaving transformation of food systems
MA New York, US (PANA) - World Food Day is not only a reminder to everyone on the planet of the importance of what we eat, but [...] Full text...
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Cotton sustains more than 100 million families worldwide - UN
MA New York, US (PANA) - A single metric tonne of cotton provides jobs for five people on average, often in some of the world’s most impoverished regions; that adds up [...] Full text...
Startups, awards and new research: youth-led World Food Forum kicks off
AR Rome, Italy (PANA) - The first World Food Forum, a youth-led event aimed at harnessing the energy and creativity of young people, and featuring speeches [...] Full text...
World Food Forum kicks off with young generations shaping a better future for food
AR Rome, Italy (PANA) - Young people from around the globe are being tasked with giving a key contribution to shape the future of agri-food systems [...] Full text...
IFPRI launches Food Policy Report on climate-resilient strategies in Egypt
AR Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Without significant climate change adaption measures, climate change-induced biophysical crop stress could lead to a 10% reduction in Egypt’s food crop yields [...] Full text...
Food’s a human right, not just ‘a commodity to be traded’: Guterres
AR New York, US (PANA) - Every day, hundreds of millions of people go to bed hungry. Three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet. Two billion [...] Full text...
No improvement in young children’s diets over past decade: UNICEF
MA New York, US (PANA) - There has been little sign of improvement in the diets of the world’s youngest children over the last 10 years, [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Decades of development efforts undermined by pandemic – FAO report
MA Rome, Italy (PANA) - COVID-19 has set back progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), undermining decades of development efforts, according to a new report by [...] Full text...
Global food systems: New IFAD report recommends concrete actions for policymakers
AR Rome, Italy (PANA) - Transforming global food systems to become more inclusive, fair and sustainable may seem an insurmountable challenge, yet there are concrete actions [...] Full text...
African rural voices reach UN Food Systems Summit
AR New York, US (PANA) - Small-scale farmers and other rural people are development actors in their own right, with a wealth of experience to share [...] Full text...
Foodstuff prices fluctuate in Benin
BBA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Prices of foodstuffs in Benin fluctuated in early September, according to a report by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic [...] Full text...
Benin to dredge 208 ha of water surface in South West
BBA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin will dredge and rehabilitate about 208 hectares of water in the area of Lake Ahémé and its channels to improve [...] Full text...
Republic of Korea supports smallholder farmers in Mozambique
AR Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has donated US$ 5.7 million to World Food Programme (WFP) for a project to support smallholder [...] Full text...
New report on African trade highlights opportunities, challenges for trade expansion
AR Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The beginning of trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) presents significant opportunities to increase agricultural trade [...] Full text...
Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Botswana
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has embarked on a countrywide surveillance to identify poultry houses infected by avian influenza or bird flu.
The development comes after [...] Full text...
FAO is “working against time” on climate change - Director-General emphasises
AR Rome, Italy (PANA) - Sustainable agri-food systems are a "critical part of the actions and solutions" to the climate crisis, food insecurity and biodiversity loss, [...] Full text...
Agroecology can address food systems failures - new IFAD report
AR Rome, Italy (PANA) – In its first comprehensive assessment of agroecology, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced Wednesday that 60 percent of its [...] Full text...
AfDB sponsors virtual African Green Revolution Forum
AR Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank returns as a top-tier partner of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) – Africa’s largest agriculture conference [...] Full text...
Agriculture stakeholders reflect on sustainable and resilient food systems for Africa
BBA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Farmers, heads of state, agricultural scientists and representatives of the private sector and civil society are gathering in Nairobi, Kenya, [...] Full text...
New farming programme put on hold in Botswana
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Agriculture authorities in Botswana have announced intentions to transform the country’s arable farming, an official source said here Friday.
Karabo Gare, the [...] Full text...
Botswana reports suspected bird flu outbreak
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Agriculture authorities in Botswana have reported a suspected outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) in Bokaa village, adjacent [...] Full text...
Bird flu outbreak reported at two poultry farms in southern Benin
BBA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Benin Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Gaston Dossouhoui, on Wednesday announced the outbreak of bird flu (H5N1) at two [...] Full text...
India extends a million USD for climate resilient agriculture in Zimbabwe
AR Harare , Zimbabwe (PANA) – India has contributed almost US$ one million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Zimbabwe to help affected [...] Full text...
Malian farmers target production of one million tonnes of cotton this year
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - "The objective is to reach one million tonnes of cotton, or even more, but, like the land, no one has 100% [...] Full text...
Mauritius to declare sandal wood protected plant
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The government of Mauritius has announced that it will declare sandal wood a protected plant, following numerous reports that several groups [...] Full text...
Zambia produces its largest maize crop on raised efficiency by smallholder farmers
AR Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia produced its largest maize crop on record in the 2021/22 marketing year. This bumper crop of 3.6 million tons follows [...] Full text...
Malian Prime Minister visits agricultural areas in the south
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga on Friday inaugurated a potato conservation centre in the city of Sikasso in the south, [...] Full text...
WFP urges inclusion of indigenous peoples in transforming food systems
AR Rome, Italy (PANA) – It is important to include indigenous peoples in the process of transforming the world’s food systems, the Deputy Executive Director of [...] Full text...
IFAD reaches 123 million people in fight against hunger, poverty and exclusion
AR Rome, Italy (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world pushing millions more people into hunger and poverty, the UN’s International Fund for [...] Full text...
Food systems transformation a ‘silver lining’ in COVID crisis: UN deputy chief
MA Rome, Italy (PANA) - A sustainable and prosperous planet can only be achieved through working together and in solidarity, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said on [...] Full text...
IFAD and partners announce coalition to support development banks’ financing of sustainable food systems
AR Rome, Italy (PANA) – Creating sustainable and equitable food systems that benefit the world’s most vulnerable people will require substantial investments – by some estimates [...] Full text...
Together, we must tackle growing hunger, urges Guterres
MA Rome, Italy (PANA) - Inefficient global food production is at the root of a huge rise in hunger as well as one-third of all emissions [...] Full text...
Farmers, the ‘lifeblood of our food systems’, deputy UN chief highlights, ahead of key summit
MA Rome, Italy (PANA) - Farmers, especially women and indigenous people, work tirelessly to put food on our tables.
UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed on Saturday [...] Full text...
Food systems ignoring needs of rural people doomed to fail - IFAD warns
DJ Rome, Italy (PANA) - If the world ignores the challenges and needs of rural people in the poorest countries, attempts to create more equitable and sustainable [...] Full text...
Mauritius' tea sector facing competition from foreign producers
NA Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry Minister Maneesh Gobin on Friday said that the tea sector is facing competition from foreign producers and also the [...] Full text...
Mauritius to tackle food wastage
NA Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry and Food Security Minister Maneesh Gobin on Wednesday launched the 2021 potato harvesting season with a call to [...] Full text...
Civil unrest turns South Africa’s food and agricultural sector upside down
AR Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - While specific costs and implications of the recent South African civil unrest to the food and agricultural sector are still [...] Full text...
Mauritius: Sugar production estimated at 270,000 tonnes this year
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture has estimated sugar production for 2021 at around 270,000 tonnes based on cane production of around [...] Full text...
' High food prices making it hard for millions of families to get enough to eat'
MA Rome, Italy (PANA) - Job losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic combined with high food prices are making it hard for millions of families to [...] Full text...
AfDB supports creation of agricultural value chains in Côte d'Ivoire – President Adesina
AR Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank will support Côte d'Ivoire in creating agricultural value chains to create more jobs and make economic [...] Full text...
National dialogue on food systems opens in Mauritius
NA Flacq, Mauritius (PANA) - National dialogue on food systems opened on Wednesday in several regions in Mauritius in a bid to build on the experience, [...] Full text...
IFAD props Tanzanian small-scale farmers to improve food security against COVID-19 pandemic
AR Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide funding to assist 6,240 vulnerable small-scale farmers in rural Tanzania [...] Full text...
Morocco increases wheat and barley production estimate for 2021/22
AR Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – Banking on favourable weather conditions, Morocco has increased its wheat and barley production estimate for marketing year 2021/22 by 206 percent [...] Full text...
78 million to face chronic hunger in sub-Sahara Africa by 2050 – New study
AR Washington, DC, US (PANA) - In order to prevent the impacts of climate change from pushing an additional 78 million people into chronic hunger by 2050, annual global investments in agricultural research and development will [...] Full text...
New dawn in Nigeria’s seed industry
AR Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s plant breeders now have intellectual property rights over a new plant variety with exclusive rights to commercialise seeds and propagate [...] Full text...
Nigeria steps up oilseeds production due to increased domestic and export demand
AR Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s palm kernel oilseed production in marketing year 2021/22 is forecast to reach 900,000 metric tons, up by 23 percent beyond [...] Full text...
Mozambique: AfDB, Italian Technical Cooperation Fund extend €990,000 grant to boost agricultural value chains
AR Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - The African Development Bank, with financing from the Italian Technical Cooperation Fund, has provided a €990,000 grant to help smaller agro-processing [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: South African citrus industry not seriously impacted by pandemic
AR Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The production of South African citrus, mainly new orange varieties, lemons and limes, is estimated to continue its strong growth [...] Full text...
Mauritius launches and National Food System Dialogue
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday launched the Partnership for Action on Green Recovery Fund project (PAGE) and the National Food System Dialogue.
These will [...] Full text...
IFC and AfDB launch programme to support women farmers in Côte d’Ivoire
AR Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – In a bid to boost the professional capacities, incomes and access to finance of thousands of Ivorian women smallholder farmers [...] Full text...