A 2023 study was recently awarded the Cozzarelli Prize from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences for its work identifying “forgotten” food crops in sub-Saharan Africa that may be more resilient to climate change than the region’s current staple crops of maize, rice, cassava...
Cereal production prospects in Southern Africa have taken a sharp turn for the worse since last February, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned today (Monday/Tuesday). The foreseen shortfall in production, especially for maize, is expected to intensify...
Earlier this year, the World Bank approved a second and third phase of its multiphase food systems resilience programme for Eastern and Southern Africa, known by its acronym FSRP. The FAO Investment Centre contributed substantially to the appraisal and design of both new phases – a USD 300...
