Burundi: Students boost food security with AI
The country, already one of the poorest in the world, is grappling with widespread shortages, soaring inflation—reportedly exceeding 40% monthly—and rising public anger.…
Securing the economy by sustaining smallholder farming
With the increasing pressure on natural resources due to Covid-19, climate change, and overpopulation, small-scale agriculture has become one of the best tools to ensure global food security.…
Co-founder of Thrive Agric on the dream behind their startup
Thrive Agric is a Technology-driven agricultural company passionate about ensuring global food security by funding farmers from people with the promise of decent returns at the end of each farming cycle.…
Co-founder of Thrive Agric on the dream behind their startup
Thrive Agric is a Technology-driven agricultural company passionate about ensuring global food security by funding farmers from people with the promise of decent returns at the end of each farming cycle.…
Protecting Africa’s climate change-hit harvests
Africa's food security is severely affected by climate change. So a German entrepreneur wants to adapt harvesting technologies for the African market to help quickly process crops and protect them from spoilage.…
LASG reviews sale of Lake Rice
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Wheat grain size boosted by synthetic chemical
Scientists develop a synthetic molecule that has been shown to increase the size and starch content of wheat grains in the lab by up to 20 per cent, with possibly significant implications…
Senegal’s Great Green Wall combats desertification
A 7,000km barrier is being built along the footsteps of the Sahara to stop the desert expanding. The Great Green Wall project started in 2007 in Senegal, along with 10 countries in…
Food dealers in Benue protest alleged arbitrary taxes
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Experts push for community empowerment to boost Nigeria’s food security
South Africa's High Commissioner to Nigeria, H.E. Darkey Ephraim Africa, and other speakers at The Guardian Conferences and Masterclasses on Food Security, point out more potent ways of developing Nigeria's economy.…