Africa at the Crossroads: Hunger, Health, Money, and the True Price of Progress
307 million Africans are undernourished while leaders push new laws, trade reforms, and climate funds. Will progress reach the table?…
Category: Policy
Laws, regulations, subsidies, and government programs affecting food and agriculture.
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If Hunger Killed as Fast as Bombs, Would the World Care More?
Wars capture headlines in minutes. Death tolls are counted daily. Casualties scroll across screens as breaking news. Yet hunger, which…
Education Without Food: Can Children Learn on Empty Stomachs?
In Malawi’s Mzimba district, Mwanasha no longer wonders if her children can learn on empty stomachs. Each morning she watches…
Sudan: A War That Starves
Darfur’s war turns bread into a weapon. Who will eat, and who will not? El Fasher, DarfurIn Sudan, war has…
Peter Mutharika Returns at 85: Can His Second Chance Tackle Malawi’s Hunger and Fuel Crises?
Peter Mutharika has returned to the presidency of Malawi at the age of 85. Supporters call it a second chance…
Who loses more when AGOA ends: Africa or the U.S.?
George W. Bush signs AGOA, opening U.S. markets to African exports (2000).
Who Eats Better in Ghana? Prisoners or the Poor?
For the first time in fifteen years, Ghana has moved to increase the daily feeding allowance for inmates in its…
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…