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Analysis: Zambia: How Smallholder Farmers Are Adapting To Climate Change Despite COVID-19
The impacts of climate change are threatening food security in Zambia.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Green Revolutionaries To Boost African Growth
The Green Economy has long been seen as a key player in Africa’s transformation.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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COVID-19 Hits East African Agri Value Chains
With increased global food, financial and health crises plaguing the world, about 1.3 billion people are not able to access sufficient or nutritious food, and close to a billion people suffer from chronic hunger.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- food security
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Viewpoint: Why More Ugandan Farmers Aren’t Adopting Drought Tolerant Maize
Maize is one of the most important cereal crops in Uganda. In particular, smallholder farmers rely on it for food and as a cash crop. They also grow it as an important export crop.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa Launches $14 Million Program To Shore up Coffee Sector Amid COVID-19
ICO projects a loss of exports valued between $100m and $200m, potentially affecting 6.6 million jobs in coffee sector, particularly in east Africa
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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COVID-19 Impacts on Small-Scale Farmers Underline the Need for Building Resilience
While global food supply chains may be starting to heal from the COVID-19 pandemic, food and agri-business Olam International underlines the importance of addressing the long-term wellness and operational resilience needs of those small-scale farmers in emerging markets who provide much of the world’s ingredients and raw materials.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Impact Assessment
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New Mercy Corps CEO Named To Replace Longtime Leader Who Resigned Under Pressure
Mercy Corps has a new CEO, replacing its longtime leader who resigned last year over the international relief agency’s handling of credible accusations of child abuse against one of its founders.
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- Uncategorized
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$25 Million Gift Launches Ambitious New Effort Tackling Poverty and Climate Change
The King Climate Action Initiative at J-PAL will develop large-scale climate-response programs for some of the world’s most vulnerable populations.
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- Coronavirus, Environment
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