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WorldFish’s postdoctoral fellow Catherine Mwema gives insights into how she leads efforts to establish pro-poor, inclusive, profitable and sustainable aqua-business models for supply chain actors… Read more

Pests and diseases destroy between 20 and 40% of crops globally, and farmers in developing countries are especially vulnerable to that destruction because they often aren’t sure what is affecting their crops. Or they lack good advice on how to control it. Lower yields and income loss often follows and contributes to hunger or malnutrition. Helping small-scale farmers detect and

Ukraine, a.k.a. the “breadbasket of Europe,” produces about 10% of the world’s wheat, 14 % of it’s corn, and half of its sunflower oil. Joseph Glauber from the International Food Policy Research Institute explains that the war in Ukraine, not only endangers the country’s sovereignty, but also could bring about a global food shortage.

The challenges confronting the African continent are as striking as its growth. Climate change may hit the African continent harder than any other, with the rate of temperature increase across the continent projected to exceed the global average. Meanwhile, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic remains poorly understood. Counting 18 of the world’s 20 poorest countries—and six of the world’s

Food security in West Africa has been deteriorating since 2015: The proportion of the population affected by undernutrition rose from 11.5% in 2015 to 18.7% in 2020, a total of 75.2 million people. Now, like the rest of the world, the region faces rapidly growing impacts from Russia’s war in Ukraine, including spiking food prices and disruptions in markets for

American farmers say they will plant more soybeans — a record 91 million acres — and less corn and spring wheat despite tight global wheat supplies that have been compounded by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine are two of the world’s largest wheat exporters, and Ukraine is a leading corn supplier. The United States is the world’s

Smallholder fish farmers in Zambia face a myriad of challenges, but one of their biggest constraints is limited access to high-quality fish feed. While smallholders are integral to the country’s aquaculture sector and are largely responsible for feeding and nourishing its rural populations, supply chain gaps must be amended to ensure nutrient-rich fish reach those who need it most. Read

Potato is an important food and nutritional security crop in sub-Saharan Africa. However, a quick look reveals a glaring challenge faced by farmers across the continent: limited access to quality seed potato. The situation is no different in Cameroon, where national annual production is only 300,000 metric tonnes – well below the national demand estimates of one million metric tonnes.