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11th Edition

Global supply chain disruptions related to the Russian-Ukraine war and prolonged drought and flooding in parts of the continent aggravated the crises of food shortages, high food prices and hunger that were triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.

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10th Edition

The story of Beatrice Nyamwamu demonstrates the impact women in agriculture can make in senior public service roles. Ms Nyamwamu, who has been in public service for 25 years, is currently the director-general of Kenya’s crops sector regulator, the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), and previously headed its food crops directorate.

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9th Edition

Support climate-smart agriculture innovations to fix Africa’s food crisis: Climate change has emerged as one of the greatest threats to Africa’s agriculture due to the prolonged droughts, erratic rainfall, and crop pest and disease outbreaks associated with the phenomenon.

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8th Edition

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7th Edition

Editor’s NoteKeep the promise to allocate 10pc of budgets to agricultureMost African countries have rightly identified investments in agriculture as key to achieving their…
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6th Edition

Editor’s NoteEscalating the role of women, youth in Africa’s agricultural developmentTHERE is a growing recognition of the critical but often invisible and under-valued role…
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Editor’s NoteAfrica’s food systems’ hopes on digitization to catalyze growthAs witnessed in other rapidly growing parts of the world it is imperative that Africa…
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Editor’s Note2021 and hopes of post-COVID-19 recoveryWe welcome the new year 2021 with cautious optimism after an extremely difficult 2020 dominated by the devastating…