Shy 13 year-old Koubra Mamane’s answer surprises me. A bit hesitant in her speech, and a bit skeptical of the whole interview, she reminds me of your typical teenage girl. She tells us she loves mathematics and has to help her mom around the house. She shows us her school books carefully stowed in a …
Ghana Food
- Japan Boosts Financial Support for African Development - Voice of America
- IAEA holds African training course on seafood in Accra - Ghana Business News
- Nigeria joins Ghana as new member of G8 food security alliance - GhanaWeb
- Ghana Set To Receive UN Food and Agriculture Organization Award In Rome ... - Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
- Why the growth of modern retail should be good news to African farmers - How we made it in Africa
- New Market Study, "Ghana Food & Drink Report Q2 2013", Has Been Published - SBWire (press release)
- Climate change impacting food supply in Ghana - Times of India
- Africa's development hinges on food security – UN agencies - Ghana Business News
- Parts of northern Ghana is food insecure - WFP - Myjoyonline.com
- Contribution of Forests to Food Security Needs Attention - AllAfrica.com
Tag Archive: Sahel
Mar 12
FAO says additional $69.8m needed to address imminent food, nutrition crisis in Sahel
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) is calling for additional funds to head-off an imminent food and nutrition crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa.
Mar 12
Drought Could Become a Catastrophe for 13 Million if Action Not Taken
Some 13 million people are at severe risk from a food crisis, which is set to escalate into a full scale humanitarian emergency in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa if urgent action is not taken, international humanitarian organization Oxfam warned.
Feb 24
Canada Taking Action to Avoid Severe Crisis in Sahel
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Feb 23, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Today, the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, announced that Canada is taking action to prevent a famine and a severe humanitarian crisis in western Africa.
Feb 21
Ireland gives €5 million in emergency funding to Sahel region
IRELAND IS TO make €5 million in emergency funding available to the Sahel region to fight the growing food crisis there.
Feb 21
ECOWAS to Provide Humanitarian Assistance to Victims of Food Crisis, Rebel Attacks
Abuja – Nigeria — The ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council has approved the release of three million dollars by the ECOWAS Commission to provide humanitarian assistance to victims of food crisis and rebel attacks in the Sahel-Sahara region of West Africa.
Feb 21
West Africa: A Tale of Two Food Crises – How to Respond, Not Whether to Respond
Last week the United Nations announced that famine conditions in Somalia had eased, thanks to a good harvest and strong response from the humanitarian community. It warned, however, that failure to continue to respond could have dire consequences and urged donors to continue to give generously to the 2.34 million people still living in crisis.
Feb 10
Lack of preparedness led to Sahel food crisis
Accra, Feb 02, GNA – The UN Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, on Thursday criticised the slow response to warning signs that led to the food crisis in the Sahel region of West-Central Africa.
Dec 18
Famine Stalks the Sahel
Light rains, poor harvests and overpriced food will combine to create a severe famine for five Sahel countries if urgent, large-scale measures are not taken, experts warn.
Dec 18
Sahel’s looming food crisis could be forestalled, claim aid agencies
It’s not too late to act to prevent a major food crisis in the Sahel region, but it will take an “unprecedented effort” from the international community to do so, according to a group of aid agencies operating in West Africa.