Let Africans Decide What is Best for Africa
The statement just came to me: “Let Africans decide what is best for Africa!” A European “expert” had offered a different opinion. In his view, African farme...
Food Security
Mali: Farmer’s Access to Capital Key to Food Security, Job Creation
Global Farmer Network member Amadou Sidibe from Mali was featured about a project he's involved with in his home country in West Africa. Growing Food in ...
Time for Kenya Move Off the Brink and Lead with Agricultural Technology
Kenya is on the brink of embracing biotechnology in agriculture. The MIT Technology Review made the claim in October: “Kenya is thought to be on the brink of...
Peace is Good for Food Security
Born into a farming family where I witnessed my mother struggle to make enough money to feed us, I am pleased to learn that the world isn’t as hungry as it used...
Kenya’s Main Obstacle to Food Security is Ignorance
As Africa falls behind the rest of the world on agricultural technology, Kenya is falling behind the rest of Africa, warned a group of scientists in Nairobi thi...
WTO’s Future Again Questioned over Trade Facilitation Agreement
A new future for the WTO was acclaimed last December after the WTO Ministerial meeting in Bali, Indonesia approved a set of agricultural trade policy changes kn...
Poland is Supporting Ukraine In Hopes of Food Security and Peace
The whole world is watching events unfold in Ukraine—and here in Poland, we’re paying especially close attention. Ukraine is our neighbor. We share a common ...
Oxfam’s Approach To Food Security Is Broken
Six astonishing words: “The global food system is broken.” This radical claim, asserted in Oxfam’s latest report, takes for granted t...
Mexican Frost Damage, Corn Imports and Food Security
An early February frost in northern Mexico’s winter crop area has led to a scramble to replant crops and shift supply contracts for corn to meet food n...
Trade and Feeding the World in 2050
On October 12-13 the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations held a High-Level Expert Forum on How to Feed the World in 2050 in preparatio...