"Bio fuel is this marvellous idea that we should make food not in order to eat it but to burn it" - Raj Patel, the author of Stuffed and Starved*“We don’t drive cars or tractors. Then why should we...
This is a presentataion Neil Wakins, Director of Policy & Campaigns, AA USA, gave on the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) at the Civil Society Policy Forum of the IMF/WB...
Earlier this week I was in Washington, DC to visit with staff, Board and partners of ActionAid USA, before heading up to New York to meet with some of the foundations that support ActionAid’s work....
Neneh Binta Jallow heads her own household in Moriya village in the Niamina East district of the Central River Region (CRR). The village has a population of 31 people living in 8 compounds....
In recent years, communities supported by ActionAid and its partners from around the world have suffered the negative impacts of industrial biofuels production projects and policies. While ActionAid...
Women play a bigger role in our modern society taking up responsibilities than men do and immensely contributing towards the political and socio-economic development of any country, and not only in...
It’s noon when I arrive in Bady village and step out into a scorching, 40°C dry heat. This dusty village near Tambacounda, in East Senegal, is suffering from a drought that is hitting countries...
"If I can speak the truth, we have next to nothing this year," says Fatou Jeng, 55, of Panneh Bah village in The Gambia. Fatou’s village is one of hundreds across the country that are deeply affected...
Just inside The Gambian border with Senegal, Senegalese refugees seek protection from an ongoing conflict between rebels and the government. They are often hosted by Gambian families who share the...
