Across the African savanna belt from Senegal to Ethiopia, threats to shea trees (Vitellaria paradoxa) — the source of shea butter — have become a regional environmental concern.
Zimbabwe has reported a bumper harvest of maize and other grains, capable of feeding the country’s 14.65 million people for the next year.
African countries are rallying behind a common position in a quest for lasting solutions to food insecurity and climate change as they gear up for the upcoming global food summit in New York.
How will the global economy and markets evolve over the next year? There are four scenarios that could follow the “mild stagflation” of the last few months.
The NFU is calling for a commitment from government that Britain’s food production will not slip below its current level of 60% self-sufficiency, alongside greater ambition in promoting British food at home and abroad to aid food security.
More than 2 billion people currently live on about 550 million small farms, with 40% of them on incomes of less than U.S. $2 per day.
