It is World Food Week and between now and the end of the year the world’s leaders will meet for the G20 in Cannes and COP here in South Africa. There has never been a more crucial time to make a...
Every Year on 16 October communities, activists, officials around the world commemorate World Food Day. It’s a day to remember the achievements of millions of small scale food producers who continue...
Bangladesh has reduced poverty and improved living standards significantly in recent years despite the global economic recession and natural calamities. In spite of rising standards of living, some...
Standing on the edge of a paddy field covered in water which reflected the grey sky above, creating a single frame, Geeta completed the picture story for my assignment to get success stories of women...
Nigeria could be losing millions in tax dollars every year because of subsidiaries registered abroad by multinational companiesActionAid research released this Tuesday shows that 98 of the FTSE 100...
In the Bunyama islands the Ugandan government is stopping native people from accessing the forest for food, while allowing palm tree companies to do what they want.It’s time we exposed these double...
This year we saw the worst drought in some parts of the Horn of Africa in 60 years. It is a shocking reminder of the catastrophic impacts that climate change can and will have on poor...
Nakawunde Noelinah a 32 year old farmer living on Buggala Island in Kalangala District explains how over fishing, climate change and high food prices have affected her and her three children.
I came across a new word called ‘small farmer’ while reading the National Agricultural Policy, 1999 of the Government of Bangladesh. The term, ‘small farmer’, is not defined in the policy. It...
'Maji ni Uhai' - water is life. These were the words Samwel Njogu Munywa and his wife Gladys Muthoni greeted us with, as we entered their compound in Karudas village, Thego location in Kieni...
