Prospects for quinoa adaptation and utilization in Eastern and Southern Africa | Technological, institutional and policy considerations
08/04/2021 - Article
FAO recently published one of the first books on quinoa in Africa, written by a group of authors mainly based on the continent, along with CIRAD s Didier Bazile. It presents the key technological, institutional and policy considerations for the successful introduction, adaptation and utilization of quinoa on the continent.
Faced with the challenge of increasing the production of quality food to feed the world’s population within the context of climate change, quinoa offers an alternative for many countries suffering from food insecurity. In Africa, quinoa (
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LUSAKA – On December 15, the U.S. government handed over 5,000 tablet computers and more than 2 million readers, teachers’ guides, and other teaching and learning materials to the Ministry of General Education (MoGE). These tablets and materials will benefit approximately 20,000 teachers and 1.4 million learners in Early Childhood Education (ECE) through Grade 3 in five target provinces across the country. By 2024, the USAID Let’s Read Project will provide more than 5 million books and other learning materials in the seven official languages stipulated by the MoGE to over 4,600 public and community schools.