Food insecurity keenly affects many on the African continent. According to the United Nations, in 2022, 281.6 million people across the continent were undernourished. Climate change is a significant part of this, creating significant instability…
Coffee is grown and cultivated all over the world, but many of the regions with the best climate for producing it are mired in conflict. Single-origin coffee in particular can pose many challenges in this…
One of the themes of Amsterdam Cocoa Week was ‘scanning the room,’ a kind of well-being exercise to check in with fellow attendees, to see who was here, who was not, who should be, was…
Rice is a key staple crop in sub-Saharan Africa, with more than 60% of rice produced consumed there. However, the Rice Yellow Mottle Virus (RYMV) causes a disease that has the propensity to wipe out…
The study, which focused particularly on South Africa, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia, looked at the potential impact of climate change, as well as Africa’s population increase, on nutrition security on the continent. Speaking to stakeholders…