Food security Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/food-security/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Wed, 10 Aug 2022 08:46:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Food security Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/food-security/ 32 32 67616479 Fertiliser from Morocco — Key to Africa’s food security https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/fertiliser-from-morocco-key-to-africas-food-security/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/fertiliser-from-morocco-key-to-africas-food-security/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 10 Aug 2022 08:44:45 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71457 Morocco sits on over 70 per cent of the world’s phosphate rock reserves, the mineral used for manufacturing phosphatic fertilisers. African countries should aggressively pursue joint venture investments in fertiliser manufacturing with Moroccan conglomerates as a pathway towards food security.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/fertiliser-from-morocco-key-to-africas-food-security/feed/ 0 71457 Africa must separate the wheat from Russia’s geopolitical chaff https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/africa-must-separate-the-wheat-from-russias-geopolitical-chaff/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/africa-must-separate-the-wheat-from-russias-geopolitical-chaff/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:40:56 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=70810 Putin assured the AU that Russia would ease grain shortages, but the arrangement is far from straightforward.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/africa-must-separate-the-wheat-from-russias-geopolitical-chaff/feed/ 0 70810 Beyond big-man palaver – Pan-Africanism’s precarity problem https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/beyond-big-man-palaver-pan-africanisms-precarity-problem/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/beyond-big-man-palaver-pan-africanisms-precarity-problem/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 26 May 2022 14:16:17 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=70609 Pan-Africanism means we will do it ourselves by doing it together. It grounds economic advancement, political liberation, cultural self-determination and territorial integrity in the unity of all African people on the continent and its diaspora. While the African Union has scored some important wins, African unity essentially fails along class lines.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/beyond-big-man-palaver-pan-africanisms-precarity-problem/feed/ 0 70609 Cartoon | Africa Day 2022— Addressing malnutrition and food insecurity https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/cartoon-africa-day-2022-addressing-malnutrition/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/cartoon-africa-day-2022-addressing-malnutrition/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 25 May 2022 12:29:01 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=70580 Today Africans are celebrating Africa Day, one of the most important days on the continent. This year's African Union theme of Africa Day is focused on the importance of addressing malnutrition and food insecurity.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/cartoon-africa-day-2022-addressing-malnutrition/feed/ 0 70580 The huge challenge of funding food security in Africa https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-huge-challenge-of-funding-food-security-in-africa/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-huge-challenge-of-funding-food-security-in-africa/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 25 Jan 2022 10:52:42 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=69485 Food Security in Africa is now more critical than ever. By 2050, the continent is estimated to reach a population count of 2.5 billion people, and with the rate of food production unable to meet up with the population growth rate, more people are threatened with hunger and food insecurity.

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