Violence, economic turmoil, climate change and shrinking humanitarian assistance among factors propelling food insecurity Dialo Koumba knew the violence spreading across her homeland would someday hit her village in western Burkina Faso. But when armed assailants killed her neighbours one night, she and her three co-wives ditched careful plans to sell their livestock before fleeing. […]
Tag: Nutrition
Gaborone — The agricultural sector should embrace new technologies to overcome climate change-related challenges, panellists including Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Mozambique’s Filipe Nyusi at the US-Africa business summit said. The two presidents, who have invited investors from the U.S. and across Africa to invest in the agricultural sectors in their countries, were participating in […]
Kigali, Rwanda — In Africa, the fight against malnutrition and food insecurity has long been a pressing issue. But while significant progress has been made, a glaring disparity persists – the gender nutrition gap. This gap refers to the unequal access to nutritious food, healthcare, and education between men and women, leading to adverse health […]
But solutions are not at all simple Is our food becoming less nutritious? If we use the most useful definition of “nutritious” – “having a macronutrient profile that is conducive to health, and a high ratio of micronutrients to calories” – the short answer is yes, and quite severely. Macronutrients include carbohydrates, protein, fat and […]