Farmers grow the harvest. Policies decide who eats.
When the sun rises over Musanze in northern Rwanda, a woman balances a heavy bunch of bananas on her head…
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What if Deserts Could Grow Food?
A New Way to Grow in the Hardest Places in Africa and What It Could Mean for Millions You have…
Can Today’s Hunger Be Faced with the Same Urgency as War?
From the Middle Passage to one in five Africans without food today, history shows how lives were once lost to…
Africa Rising, But Who’s Left Behind?
In a booming Africa of skyscrapers, oil rigs, and shining malls, the question remains:what do we do when the person…
How Lucky Are You?
Editorial When I was a little girl, I often heard the line: “Think of the starving kids in Africa.” It came when…
Africa Is Bigger Than the Maps Show: And So Is Its Hunger Crisis
Most of us grew up with the same world map hanging in classrooms: Greenland looking the same size as Africa,…
Is There Hope?
Editorial Hunger has long been Africa’s shadow. It lingers in the fields, in the markets, and at the dinner tables…
Africa feeds the world. But who feeds Africa?
It is a question that cannot be answered by numbers alone, though the numbers are striking. The Food and Agriculture…
Africa Works Harder, Yet Hungrier. Who Feeds the People?
The markets are crowded, but the baskets are light. Families walk past stalls of maize, cassava, rice, and yams, counting…
Two Hours to Water: Ethiopia’s Daily Tax
At first light in Konso, southern Ethiopia, Samrawit fills a yellow jerrycan and joins the line. The borehole is closer…