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Africa: Child Malnutrition Is One of Africa’s Biggest Health Challenges – Food Aid Is Only Part of the Solution

eriinfo.com8 hours ago09 mins

Malnutrition among children under five remains one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most persistent public health challenges. Countries and development partners have introduced numerous nutrition programmes. Yet millions of young children continue to suffer from poor nutrition. Drawing on our expertise in public health, nutrition and health systems research, we conducted a review of recent evidence about…

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Africa Has the Technology to Achieve Food Security–Now It Needs Coordinated Deployment

eriinfo.com6 days ago010 mins

Kigali, Rwanda — Africa is emerging as the world’s fastest-growing technology market, with its innovation ecosystem attracting increasing global investment. The European Investment Bank’s recent €40 million commitment to the sector underscores this growing confidence. However, this surge in technological innovation has yet to address some of the continent’s most persistent challenges – hunger, food…

US declares end of largest recorded cyclosporiasis outbreak | Food News

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago05 mins

The FDA says contaminated lettuce has been removed from the market after nearly 13,000 linked cases. Published On 11 Sep 202611 Sep 2026 United States health authorities have officially declared the nation’s largest recorded outbreak of cyclosporiasis over, after contaminated iceberg lettuce sickened nearly 13,000 people across 21 states. The Centers for Disease Control and…

Africa: What Do Disruptions in Major Trade Routes Mean for Food Security?

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago09 mins

Conflicts in the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea and the Black Sea are disrupting the movement of food, fuel and fertilizer, with devastating consequences across the world. The flow of food, fuel, fertilizer and food between countries is essential to global food security, from farmers growing their crops to trucks being able to deliver…

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Africa’s Food Future Depends On Financing Smallholders, Youth and Women – IFAD

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago013 mins

Africa’s ambition to feed itself and unlock agriculture’s economic potential will depend largely on whether smallholder farmers, young entrepreneurs and women-led businesses can access the financing they need to expand, create jobs and withstand climate shocks, according to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Geraldine Mukeshimana, IFAD Vice President, said Africa has the land,…

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Africa Has the Answers to Its Food Security Challenges. What It Needs Is the Architecture to Act On Them

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago09 mins

Kigali, Rwanda — As leaders gather in Kigali for the Africa Food Systems Forum, CGIAR’s Ismahane Elouafi argues that Africa must connect proven agricultural innovation with the finance, partnerships and delivery systems needed to achieve impact at scale. As leaders gather in Kigali for the Africa Food Systems Forum, they face an urgent question: why…

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Africa’s Food Systems – Twenty-Three Years After Maputo, What Has Changed?

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago022 mins

In July 2003, African leaders gathered in Maputo and made an important collective commitment. Agriculture would no longer be treated as a neglected sector of African development. Under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme, commonly known as CAADP, governments pledged to allocate at least 10 per cent of national budgetary resources to agriculture and rural…

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Africa: In an Age of Disruption, Food Systems Resilience Requires New Models of Leadership

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago011 mins

As the leaders gather in Kigali, Rwanda, for the African Food Systems Forum (AFSF), discussions about how to invest in resilient food systems will take place against a backdrop of geopolitical instability. Sierra Leone and Norway will join African and other leading representatives of governments, business, investors, and civil society to discuss a crucial topic:…

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Africa: ASA 2026 Convenes Global Coalition to Accelerate Africa’s Food Power Play

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago09 mins

The summit arrives against a paradox that has long defined African agriculture: a continent rich in arable land, labour and appetite, yet still dependent on imports to feed itself Africa’s drive to transform from a net food importer into a global agricultural powerhouse takes center stage this September as Agriculture Summit Africa (ASA) returns for…

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Africa: As Wars Spread, the Global Food System Unravels

eriinfo.com1 month ago010 mins

A family with four children abandoned its farm in Somalia after armed groups arrived and demanded payments for the right to continue cultivating the land. They walked roughly 100 kilometers to a displacement camp. One of the children died along the way. Carl Skau, the acting head of the World Food Program, met the family…