From Okwe Obi, Abuja Nigeria’s agriculture sector is facing a twin blight of climate shocks and worsening insecurity, with farmers declaring that the two crises are steadily eroding local agricultural production and forcing the country to spend an …

… , could trigger a long-term food crisis in Nigeria if urgent corrective … to the easing of food import restrictions, which poses serious risks …

… has warned of a potential food crisis ahead of a court ruling … government’s duty-free rice import programme, ruling that the dispute …

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 6 – Kenya is confronting mounting pressure on its food system as prolonged drought, weak domestic rice production, and a pending High Court ruling on duty-free imports converge to threaten price stability and access to staple foods. …

By: Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent Reporting highlights: Stranded Surplus: Farmers are holding 1.2 million tonnes of unsold grain because of the export ban and regional trade disruptions. The Price Squeeze: While the stronger Cedi has …

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mutahi Kagwe speaking during the tour of the Nyumba Group, where he commissioned an 800-acre earth dam capable of holding six billion litres of water. Audio By Vocalize As Kenya continues to grapple with recurrent …

Malawi is enforcing maize export restrictions to protect stocks of the staple grain, the trade ministry announced on Thursday, November 6, after the government forecast that a fifth of the population faces hunger following a below average harvest. The …

… grassroots resistance to free trade remains invisible in … Gálvez draws between the food crisis and the creation of … Obama administration. While free trade agreements are generally regressive … .  Beehive Collective Poster: Free Trade Agreement of the Americas …

… insecurity demonstrates that Ghana’s food crisis extends beyond rural communities to … decent living standards. Ghana’s import dependence amplifies vulnerability to external …

The Department of Labor’s new rule cutting farmworker wages bluntly states that souped-up immigration enforcement has devastated the agricultural workforce and created a significant “risk of supply shock-induced food shortages,” according to a document …