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Day Of The African Child Should Be Every Day

By Dr. Charles E. Owubah, CEO, Action Against Hunger Growing up the son of farmers in Ghana, I understand the pain of going to bed hungry. Every year, for the months between planting and harvesting, we endured the “hunger season,” when no meal was certain. Life was difficult, but we got by with help from our extended family […]

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New Era: Unlocking Africa’s Agriculture Potential Through CGIAR TAAT Model

By Joyce Chimbi As hunger and food insecurity deepen, Africa is confronting an unprecedented food crisis. Estimates show that nearly 282 million people on the continent, or 20 percent of the population, are undernourished. Numerous challenges across the African continent threaten the race to achieve food security; research and innovative strategies are urgently needed to transform […]

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Political Will And Investment Will Score The Goal For Zero Hunger

By Busani Bafana A world free from hunger is possible, but it demands political will, investment, and effective policies to transform agriculture and rural development, says Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). More than 800 million people in the world went to bed hungry in 2022, and 3.1 billion others could […]

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Will Artificial Intelligence Help Resolve The Food Crisis?

When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a global appeal for “zero hunger” on World Food Day last month, he provided some grim statistics rich in irony: more than 820 million people do not have enough to eat, he said, while two billion people are overweight or obese. “It is unacceptable that hunger is on the […]

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