Between 2010 and 2030, FAO projects that Africa’s urban population will double. With urbanization taking place at such a fast pace, it becomes important to understand how urban and peri-urban...
Sweden and the UN World Food Programme have entered a landmark agreement that will bring hope to millions of people trapped by war and displacement crises.
This was the concluding remark by Dr Jessica Fanzo in her inspiring presentation at the Third Global Food Security Conference in Cape Town, this last December 2017. I attended the conference on...
The project’s overall aim is to enhance the understanding of social change and social impacts of rural-urban transformation on youth and adolescent community members in Brazil and Cameroon.
This blog offers some clues and brings you closer to the production of the world’s most aromatic rice variety.
The research initiative Land, Livestock and Livelihoods in Drylands (Triple L) recently had a workshop in Kitale, Kenya. Different actors presented work and research relevant to the expert...
I googled myself today. Not my name, no, I googled what you could describe me as, a ‘youth in agriculture’. If you haven’t done that yet, let me tell you that google has 179 000 000 hits on...
Effective wastewater treatment is a prerequisite to prevent exposure of human populations to pathogens and toxic substances. Wastewater is also a potential source of energy and nutrients, and...
Researchers from the Focali network have challenged the dominant paradigm in forest hydrology – that more trees equal less water – and their groundbreaking research has now lead to more...