Rising food and fertiliser prices have sparked debate among analysts about the dependency of the African continent on food and agricultural imports and its sensitivity to external geopolitical shocks. What can be done...
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Africa’s farmers must adapt to survive
Rising food and fertiliser prices have sparked debate among analysts about the dependency of the African continent on food and agricultural imports, and its sensitivity to external geopolitical shocks. Are mechanisms...
Mozambique’s displacement dilemma
Human rights violations exacerbate the displacement of northern Mozambicans, already facing crisis levels of food insecurity “There is no greater sorrow on earth than the loss of one’s native land” - Euripides, 431 BC...
Africa: climate crisis, challenges and opportunities
Climate change will hit Africa hard, but it also offers the continent an opportunity to build resilience and diversify livelihoods. The changes ahead for Africa's environment, which form the foundation of the...
Zimbabwe: caught between the pandemic and an incapable state
The Zimbabwean government’s plans to pay ZW$ 300 a month to a million households were screamed in a headline in the state-controlled Sunday Mail edition of 26 July. The article also ran in the weekly Sunday News the...
Seeding the future
African governments need to plan in advance, like Asian governments have, to ensure food security as climate change scours the continents’ farms It's been almost eight years since Irene Maphenduka, a subsistence...
