Food security and nutrition in Africa a critical concern for African leadership

African Leaders for Nutrition will be joining the rest of the nutrition community from the 30th of October to the 2nd of November 2023 in Lusaka Zambia to commemorate the 14th Africa... Read more »

WFP hands over agricultural assets to districts, marking a milestone in food security and gender equality

The World Food Programme (WFP) is proud to announce the successful handover of the assets created through the Sustainable Market Alliance and Asset Creation for Resilient Communities and Gender Transformation (SMART) project. ... Read more »

Minister Biruta received the Special Envoy of Islamic Organization for Food Security

Today, Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs , Dr Vincent Biruta, received Said Hussein Iid, Special Envoy of Islamic Organization for Food Security in Africa. Minister Vincent Biruta and Said Hussein Iid discussed... Read more »

AU Member States Pledge to Improve Nutrition and Food Security on continent

African Union Member States meeting in Abidjan have called on governments to speed up investment, coordination and implementation of programs to improve nutrition and food security in Africa. African leaders gathered for... Read more »

Food Security Has Always Been Strategic Priority for Morocco (FM Mr Nasser Bourita )

United Nations – For Morocco, food security has always been a strategic priority and is at the heart of the new development model, said Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan... Read more »

Korea contributes US$8 million to WFP to enhance community resilient and food security in Rwanda

Today the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the government of the Republic of Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) launched the “Sustainable Market Alliance and Assets creation for... Read more »

FAO and African Union commit to safeguarding food security amid crisis

Kigali: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the African Union (AU) and international partners today described the food and agriculture system as “an essential service that must continue... Read more »

Investing in resilience and food security leads to peace

By Abebe Haile-Gabriel* Kigali: In a region beset with conflict, the uptick of numbers paint a grim foreboding. Hunger is on the rise again in Africa, reversing the gains and derailing the... Read more »

NRG advocates for Climate-aware, Trade and Food Security

NRG submits a position paper urging EAC to ensure that the next EAC PSDS (2018 – 2022) contributes to Climate-aware, Trade and Food Security Kigali: The EAC is currently embarking on developing... Read more »

Modernizing Rwanda’s livestock to attract investment, improve food security

The livestock sector contributes about 10% to Rwanda’s GDP. However, this could increase with the implementation of the new livestock master strategy which will run from 2018–2023. The five year strategy will... Read more »