African smallholder farmers are in the eye of the climate change storm. Increased flooding and droughts have seen crop yields diminish as many farmers struggle to support their own livelihoods. With over 70 percent of the continent’s populations dependent on agriculture, this is a problem which cannot be ignored. While Africa contributes less than 3
At the World Bank Open Forum on Food, an expert panel addressed the issue of how to solve the global food crisis in front of an audience of about 120 guests… and streamed live to hundreds more viewers.
FANRPAN CEO and Farming First spokesperson Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda took part in one of the panel sessions,
Today’s report from FAO truly shows the huge untapped potential that women farmers hold. In it’s 2010-2011 edition of The State of the Food and Agriculture report, they wrote,
If women in rural areas had the same access to land, technology, financial services, education and markets as men, agricultural production could be increased and the number
Continuing our video series from the climate negotiations in Cancun last December, Charles Mushizi from the Centre d’Echanges pour des Reformes Juridique et Institutionelle (CERJI) discusses the current situation of the agricultural sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While agriculture in the DRC is underinvested in, Mushizi believes that agriculture has the potential to
Four Farming First spokespeople feature in a Wall Street Journal article published today that looks at private sector investment in African agriculture.
The article, ‘Private Sector Interest Grows in African Farming’ looks at how fears about another global food crisis are leading private companies to tap into the huge potential of the farm sector in Africa.
At the end of August, over 200 policymakers, farmers, agrodealers, scientists and non-governmental organisations from across Africa and the world gathered in Windhoek, Namibia for the annual FANRPAN Regional Food Policy Dialogue to discuss the most pressing issues facing African agriculture.
Food security is still only an aspiration in Africa. At the dialogue, the delegates discussed
