Erratic rains and an intense dry period in January lowers 2018 cereal production prospects in Southern Africa. Highlights: Erratic precipitation and well below-average rains in January have lowered Southern Africa’s overall 2018 cereal production prospects. Current national maize stocks are forecast at above-average [...]

Research and  webinar lead by Tufts University's Feinstein International Center and sponsored by USAID Center for Resilience. Date: Thursday 22 February 2018 Time: 9.00-10.30 EST (UTC/GMT -5) Despite global improvements in malnutrition and under-five mortality child Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) continues to be an [...]

Date: Wednesday 14 February 2018 Time: 9.00-10.30 EST (UTC/GMT -5) FAO’s Strategic Programme 2 (SP2) identified the Global Farmer Field School Platform as one of its global knowledge products over the 2018-19 biennium.  The seminar on February 14th 2018 launching the global FFS platform, [...]

As part of USAID's commitment to working with communities to strengthen their resilience, USAID has elevated resilience to an objective in the Global Food Security Strategy, prioritizing approaches that strengthen households' and communities' absorptive, adaptive, and transformative resilience capacities. To [...]

In the Sudan the prices of the main staples, sorghum, millet and wheat increased significantly at the end of 2017, mainly driven by a sharp depreciation of the local currency and the Govenrnment's decision to remove the subsidies on wheat [...]