“FOOD SAFETY is everyone’s business.” No matter who you are or what you do, you play an important role in making sure food is safe to eat. Yes, without debate or argument, access to sufficient amounts of safe food is a key to sustaining life and promoting good health. Foodborne…
Statement on the Dakar 2 Summit: “Climate smart agriculture” will worsen the climate crisis We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our deep concern at the aims and assumptions that appear to underlie the 2nd Dakar Summit on Agriculture and Agribusiness(Dakar II), to be held from January 25 to 27,…
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised the question of health like nothing before. Unfortunately, the focus has been on treating symptoms and using technology to the exclusion of other options. While modern medicine has brought forth some spectacular achievements, we must remember the old adage ‘our weaknesses are often extensions of…
SMALL-SCALE fisheries are an important livelihood and primary protein source for villages surrounding the 11 dams of the rural communities in Eastern province of Zambia, yet many are overfished and thus require effective and scalable sustainable fisheries management solutions. Fish for Food Security in Zambia Project, being implemented by GIZ…
FOOD and agriculture stand at a crossroads today. Looking back, major improvements in agricultural productivity have been recorded over recent decades to satisfy the food demand of a growing global population. The current African policy solutions places further pressure on small-scale food producers to participate in industrial agricultural programs such…