Food security
Record hunger in the Philippines as COVID restrictions bite
Charities are struggling to meet the ever-growing demand for food as millions of families go hungry across the country.
The Social Development Department says 14 million people in South Africa were already food insecure before COVID-19.
There has been a raging debate over the fate of South African farmers following invasions and killings across the country.
Economic shocks, conflict, floods, desert locusts and now the novel coronavirus were creating a perfect storm for the expected sharp rise in food insecurity, according to a report by several UN agencies.
Waiters, chefs and restaurant owners in Franschhoek and elsewhere are protesting under the banner #JobsSaveLives.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN said the region had five million children under the age of five who were acutely malnourished.
Africa Check takes a look at what is in the food parcels from the Gauteng government and whether it’s “enough” for a family of four for one month?
The situation in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is reflected across sub-Saharan Africa.
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza appealed to the public to not panic as the country has sufficient food supplies.
'This hunger crisis is on a scale we’ve not seen before and the evidence shows it’s going to get worse,' World Food Programme (WFP) regional director Lola Castro said in a statement.
Today is World Food Day, which puts the spotlight on access, affordability and the nutritional value of food systems.
Biodiversity enables agriculture systems to be more resilient to shocks such as disease and pest outbreaks, as well as coping with climate change.
David Beasley, executive director of the UN World Food Programme, says Southern Africa has a lack of proper diet and this is not because of a lack of food but it’s more about lack of diverse diet.
In those hardest hit by crises - Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Libya and Sudan - an average of more than a quarter of the population was undernourished.
The 'Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds' is full of both grim predictions and hopeful insights about the world that humans will inhabit within the next two decades.
What many perceived as a plan to build an almost 8,000km long wall of trees all across Africa has faced a lot of criticism.
Zokwana says the ANC appreciates the role played by commercial farmers in making sure the country has enough food.
The Food Security Information Network says that in 2017 widespread food insecurity is likely to persist in Iraq, Syria, Malawi and Zimbabwe,
Jean-Jacques Cornish unpacks the threat of the fall armyworm invasion to Southern Africa.