nutrition
VIDEO: Tiger Animal Feeds in Zambia: How livestock grows strong
Feed is just as important as breed. That is why animals thrive on the superb feed supplied by Tiger Animal Feeds. Tiger Animal Feeds, together with Tiger Chicks, forms part of the Astrol Foods group, an extension of the well-known Meadow Feeds brand in South Africa. With a proud[...]
Food security and nutrition 4: Agroecology
In the previous three sections we looked at the role smallholder farmers play in agriculture, food security and nutrition in Africa, the challenges they face, and some solutions offered by external role-players, such as the African Development Bank (AfDB). That offers one set of solutions that can surely work[...]
Food security and nutrition part 3: Challenges facing smallholder productivity
Smallholder farmers in Africa face a number of challenges that negatively affect their productivity. These farmers, who cultivate plots of land often smaller than two hectares, are burdened by immense challenges that limit them to barely producing enough food to keep their own families alive. These challenges increase the[...]
Food security and nutrition 2: Smallholder farmers and food security in Africa
Africa is facing serious food security threats with thousands of children in many countries on the continent facing famine and/or suffering from the results of malnutrition. Children bear the brunt of food poverty, which refers to the types of food they eat. Millions of children, especially the youngest, poorest[...]
HarvestPlus: Better crops, Better nutrition.
Health depends largely on good nutrition and wholesome, healthy food is what the farmer supplies to feed his family and the nation. In this noble task, farmers can depend on HarvestPlus for wholesome, healthy, nutritious products. At the Agritech Expo this year, HarvestPlus presents four extraordinary crops that are[...]