The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme is a key platform for revitalising rural economies and food security.

Zambia created a new Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development in 2009 with a view to raising the profile and resources available to the livestock sector.

Rain-fed agriculture requires concentrated attention during a limited growing season. When household labour is lost to AIDS, it can have a devastating effect on income and food security.

No answers for South African fishermen denied access to the sea.

Tendayi Kureya gathers data to better understand the impact of AIDS on vulnerable households

 

 Tendayi Kureya works on the Household Vulnerability Index [3:57m]: Play Now | Download (70)

Sepo Hachigonta forecasts the impacts of climate change on maize yields

 

 Sepo Hachigonta forecasts the impacts of climate change on maize yields [3:42m]: Play Now | Download (58)

The Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) is spreading its wings. FANRPAN board chairperson Sindiso Ngwenya announced that what used to be a regional organisation is now going continental.

To sustain increased levels of agricultural productivity, Malawi is aligning its policy with an Africa-wide programme for agriculture.

Four COMESA member states are racing against time to meet an October 1 deadline to submit their investment proposals to the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP).

Across Southern Africa, a changing climate will prompt changes in how herders manage finding forage for their animals.