Monthly Archives: August 2014

An Australia-Africa initiative is sowing nearly $1m in training, mentoring and action plans to combat pests’ threat to agriculture, writes Caspar van Vark Source: http://www.theguardian.com Biosecurity broadly refers to ways of preventing or mitigating the threat of pests and diseases … Continue reading →

With chicken hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons, what is the best way to buy better meat, asks Sue Dibb of Eating Better Source: http://www.theguardian.com The message to eat less meat is coming through loud and clear. Too … Continue reading →

Øistein Thorsen: Antibiotic use in farming is common but with serious effects on human health, it is time to replace, reduce and refine useage of the drug Source: http://www.theguardian.com The World Health Organization (WHO) warns the misuse of antimicrobial medicines … Continue reading →

George Monbiot: Allan Savory tells us that increasing livestock can reduce desertification and reverse climate change – but where is the scientific evidence? Source: http://www.theguardian.com “We can take enough carbon out of the atmosphere and safely store it in the … Continue reading →

L Hunter Lovins: George Monbiot’s recent criticism of Allan Savory’s theory that grazing livestock can reverse climate change ignores evidence that it’s already experiencing success Source: http://www.theguardian.com “…grazing #livestock can reverse #desertification and restore #carbon to the #soil, enhancing its … Continue reading →

David Nabarro, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Food Security and Nutrition who directed the development and implementation of the study, states that  “As people’s incomes increase, their demand for (and access to) livestock products tends to increase … Continue reading →

In Africa, gender-sensitive policy responses to the effects of climate change are critical to ensure a productive agriculture sector and a food-secure growing population Source: ccafs.cgiar.org  African #women especially those directly engaged as primary food producers are not only vulnerable … Continue reading →

“What we intend to do is actually use #agriculture to solve some of the social problems in most societies of #Africa including #poverty and #hunger,” Dr Nteranya Sanginga, IITA Director General said t.

Aflatoxins are highly toxic fungal by-products produced by certain strains of Aspergillus flavus in grains and other crops. Consumption of very high levels of aflatoxins can cause acute illness and death. Chronic exposure to aflatoxins is linked to liver cancer, especially where … Continue reading →

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
Africa is often referred to as a continent of opportunity, economic or otherwise. In part because of the progress made – since 2000, rates of extreme poverty and hunger…

With more than 50 million people in refugee camps or fleeing conflict, the World Food Programme is using mobiles to provide critical food assistance Source: http://www.theguardian.com “We were curious: if we used mobile technology, could we get information faster, cheaper, … Continue reading →

The first step any country should take to improve the micronutrient status of its population, according to Ruel, is to “work on the food system” Source: http://www.ifpri.org See on Scoop.it – Agriculture, Climate & Food security

When a scientist says something works, or is better, it’s based on what research has demonstrated, or at least what it has demonstrated up to that point in time.  So when the Union of Concerned Sci… Source: onpasture.com Based on the review … Continue reading →

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
At Agriculture for Impact we talk a lot about resilience and in particular how farms and rural economies can become more resilient to shocks and stresses like climate change,…