Having studied in the rural schools of Eastern and Northern Uganda, Moses narrowly missed being abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in 2000 when his high school was raided. He successfully obtained a Ugandan government scholarship to study agriculture, a profession that he chose due to its potential to alleviate poverty in Africa. …
In countries around the world, farming households are facing the wrath of unpredictable climate patterns. This has not only resulted in hunger related deaths, but also in an increase in the number of persons living below the poverty line in many developing countries, especially in Africa where vulnerability is high. The year 2017 saw over …
The world population is expected to reach nine billion by 2050 and this poses a major challenge to food security, if productivity does not match population demands. Africa is being viewed as the next food basket of the world due to the vast arable land and huge irrigation potential. Yet, Africa still fails to feed …
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/11/12/563305753/is-it-insulting-to-call-this-a-hut Nurith Aizenman The complaints came in shortly after we ran a story on a government aid program that gave cash to the poor in Zambia. The piece included a profile of a young woman who, along with her husband, had used the money to start a business that had lifted their family to …
Farmers are reacting to an infestation of an insidious pest – the fall army worm – by indiscriminately spraying their crops with whichever combination of chemical fertilizers are available. The pest is ravaging staple food crops like maize, rice, wheat and millet in eastern and southern Africa and threatening food security of millions of people. …