Africa: Experts Urge Tax Subsidies On Crop Inputs As Global Hunger and Climate Crises Converge

Africa: Experts Urge Tax Subsidies On Crop Inputs As Global Hunger and Climate Crises Converge

Global leaders attending the SB62 Climate Summit in Bonn are under growing pressure to reconfigure agricultural subsidies in favour of crop production, as leading food systems advocates and UN agencies warn that current policies are driving hunger, poor diets, and environmental degradation. Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and…

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Africa: Experts Urge Tax Subsidies On Crop Inputs As Global Hunger and Climate Crises Converge

Africa Launches Second Phase of Phytosanitary Programme to Fight Crop Pests

The Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), has unveiled the second phase of the Africa Phytosanitary Programme (APP). APP is an initiative of the IPPC and FAO, which aims to strengthen the resilience of Africa’s phytosanitary systems against plant pests…

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