Food Security
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NEWS
Innovative Financing Emerges as Africa’s Key to Food Security and Climate Resilience
Few sectors offer Kenya as much unexplored potential as agriculture does. Despite contributing to over a quarter of the country’s GDP, supplying millions of Kenyans with sustenance and employment opportunities, the sector still remains under-developed and under-funded. Even as the global demand for safe, high-quality food rises and climate shocks intensify, the agriculture sector receives less than five percent of total…
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Jad Neaime | Feeding the future: How local innovation will shape Africa’s food security
Food security remains one of Africa’s defining challenges and opportunities. Despite significant agricultural potential, Africa continues to face widespread undernourishment. In East Africa alone, nearly 64 million people are currently food insecure, according to the World Food Programme. Climate change, population growth, urbanization, and supply chain disruptions have only intensified the urgency for scalable, sustainable solutions. What is increasingly clear…
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Climate and Geopolitics Are Reshaping Global Food Security
Agrifood supply chain resilience is a rising business risk; the number of days with moderate or high food price volatility for rice and wheat has doubled or tripled between 2020 and 2024. Climate risks could cut global crop production by up to 35% by 2050, with staples critical for Africa’s food security like rice, maize, and wheat particularly vulnerable. A…
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