New Plan To Help Kenyan Pastoralists

“If it’s successful we will look further afield, in western Africa around the Sahel and southern Asia.” Herders of cows or camels in arid northern Kenya can obtain a new type of insurance against drought – the first of its kind in Africa using satellites to gauge rainfall. Project organizers hope to get about 1,000

Villagers Lose Land To Sugar Plantation

Farm Radio International is a Canadian-based, not-for-profit organization working in direct partnership with approximately 300 radio broadcasters in 39 African countries to fight poverty and food insecurity. The network, founded 30 years ago by Canadian broadcaster George Atkins, has lately turned its attention to the effects of foreign land grabs. This story is from a


Army worms threaten plague for West Africa

Aplague of hungry army worms has eaten crops and plants in 100 Liberian villages and may spread across West Africa if left unchecked, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Jan. 29. Liberia, ravaged by a 14-year civil war that ended in 2003, declared a national state of emergency this week due to the