A New Deal for sustainable development
The world is in need of a ‘New Deal’ that will help propel development, sustainable development just like was done in the US years ago, argue *Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury.
Climate financing being undermined by rich nations, NGOs charge
The successful battle against climate change – which has triggered a rash of natural disasters, including floods, droughts and rising sea levels – will be predicated largely on the availability of financing, writes *Thalif Deen.
Traditional seeds under threat
In farming communities in Burkina Faso, seeds are used, propagated, bred and traded according to an elaborated traditional system. But this system is increasingly under threat: international seed corporations are aggressively advertising their products, and the government is singing...
Seeds in Africa, future of farmer seed system at risk?
A raft of changes occasioned by global interventions in African countries has taken the control of seeds from the African farmer into the hands of commercial seed conglomerates leaving the farmer likely to become very dependent on others for...
After floods, an early ‘lean season’ awaits South Sudan
‘There will be serious food shortage as early as January 2020.’ South Sudan in the midst of all its political turmoil must brace itself for food shortage the result of raging floods reports *Okech Francis.