South Africa And Cuba Sign Economic Assistance Package Agreement

South Africa and Cuba have signed a R350-million Economic Assistance Package Agreement geared towards helping that country improve its food security,

Geoengineering And Global Food Supply

Carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of coal, oil, and gas have been increasing over the past decades, causing the Earth to get hotter and hotter. There are concerns that a continuation of these trends could have catastrophic effects, including crop...

United States to Spend Over $75m for Liberian Private Sector

United States Ambassador to Liberia, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, renewed the US’s pledge to held Liberia in various sector, pointing out that the US will spend in 2012 over $75 million to assist in the rebuilding of Liberia’s private sector as "there’s...

Nepal’s Monsanto Debate Spotlights Seed Sovereignty

An effort by US donors and multinational agribusiness Monsanto to partner with Nepal to boost local maize production with imported hybrid seeds has met civil society opposition calling – instead – for home-grown solutions.

Donor Aid Begins to Flow Into Myanmar

As the government of Myanmar continues to pledge political reform, donors are reassessing their giving in a country that has historically received among the lowest levels of per capita development aid of any developing country. How People Arrived Here:...

Number Hit By Floods in Kenya Tops 100,000

Rain-induced floods in several parts of Kenya have affected at least 105,000 people and weakened the country’s food security situation – already affected by severe drought – a government official said on December 15.

Bleak Outlook for Food Security in Swaziland

Archaic agriculture practices and erratic rainfall in the recent planting period is expected to lead to an increase in food insecurity for most of Swaziland’s 1.1 million people in 2012, says a government agriculture official.

Farm Input Subsidy Programme in Malawi Receives Grants From European Countries

The governments of Ireland, United Kingdom (UK) and Norway have granted Malawi over MK 7.7 billion (US$46million) in support of the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) for the 2011/2012 planting season.

Food Security Concern As Kenyan Farmers Switch From Maize to Coffee

The switch by many farmers in Kenya’s Rift Valley province from staple cereals to more profitable coffee is likely to increase the country’s dependence on grain imports and possibly affect food security, agricultural experts have warned.