Enock Chikava News Today

From severe droughts in Zimbabwe to flooding in Kenya, Enock Chikava highlights the critical need for innovative agricultural practices and climate adaptation strategies to support African farmers, and the urgency of global collaboration in tackling the food crises driven by climate change.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (THE WASHINGTON POST) – Scientists, government officials and farmers are reviving neglected crops and boosting agricultural productivity in a race to cushion Africa from growing food shortages exacerbated by climate change. But only a trickle of donor funds and almost no private capital are directed to the small farmers who produce the […]

Farmers comprise 60 per cent of Africa’s population but climate pledges leave them out in the cold, say activists.

British Columbia has declared a state of emergency, saying authorities there were “facing the worst wildfire season ever”.

Bill and Melinda Foundation says its new commitment of 1.4 billion dollars to Africa, including Nigeria is to spur the region-led innovation to build a pipeline of climate-smart agriculture projects for smallholder farmers.

Bill and Melinda Foundation says its new commitment of 1.4 billion dollars to Africa, including Nigeria is to spur the region-led innovation to build a pipeline of climate-smart agriculture projects for smallholder farmers.

President Kagame says organic farming offers a path to reducing external shocks on food.

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) re-established its external advisory committee, the  Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA) .

A $1 billion philanthropic effort promising a “green revolution” for African agriculture has fallen far short of its goals, critics say.

Researchers will source useful gene variations from CGIAR genebanks to develop climate-smart crops.