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Agroforestry part 9: Kenya -The impact of agroforestry
The introduction to agroforestry in the previous article explained the broad principles of this agriculture system. • In this article, we look at the value of the systems with regard to the improvement of land and biodiversity; • food and nutritional security; • income and livelihood improvement; • ecosystem[...]
African Cuisine 7: Southern Africa Botswana
Botswana is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Nearly 70% of its land is the Kgalagadi desert, but besides desert and the Okavango Delta, there are grasslands and savannas. The Okavango Delta is one of the major semi-forested[...]
Food security & nutrition part 5: Hunger needs a new approach
Rates of hunger in Africa are unacceptably high and getting worse. According to the UN State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 report, food insecurity is highest in Africa where undernourishment is presently 20,4%, or some 298,4 million Africans. This is more than double the global[...]
African Cuisine 4: Southern Africa – Namibia, Lesotho and eSwatini
Amid the ravages of climate change that lashes the continent with extreme weather patterns like extremely high temperatures, widespread drought and devastating floods, it is good to appreciate every spoonful of food that you have. In the previous article, we looked at the history and culture of South Africa’s[...]
Task team commits to go ahead with food distribution efforts
The task team created by the civil rights organisation AfriForum and the family farmer network Saai, in cooperation with Solidarity Helping Hand’s Joseph Silos, distributed more than ten tons of citrus products at 20 care homes in the Pretoria region today, despite efforts by the government to centralise the[...]