World hunger has risen for the third year in a row, with Africa reported to have the highest rate of undernourishment of all regions globally. Africa also bears the greatest burden of HIV, which is linked to food insecurity, and women are disproportionately affected by HIV and food insecurity compared to men. One of the ways these issues are connected is when women are […]

Strengthening food systems must be an integral part of efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and to build resilience in Africa, said African Development Bank Director General for Southern Africa, Leila Mokaddem. Hunger is a greater threat to many Africans than the COVID-19 crisis, Mokaddem said in a session on sustainable food systems at the Southern […]

More than one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity can be attributed to the way we produce, process and package food, a UN-backed study published on Tuesday has revealed. Food system emissions were estimated at 18 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2015, or 34 per cent, though down from 44 per […]

A funding shortfall is putting the lives of some three million refugees in eastern Africa at risk, two UN agencies warned on Tuesday. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the World Food Programme (WFP) are appealing for $266 million as they have been forced to cut food rations by up to 60 per cent. The situation is […]

JOING OUR WHATSAPP ONLINE MEDIA THE EASTERN REVIEW MEDIA ON: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BB805ECVqtZ3ZLD3yxK3ZI   Japan has donated about 20 000 tonnes of maize towards Zimbabwe’s Food Deficit Mitigation Strategy (FDMS) to meet the essential food security needs of vulnerable households. Zimbabwe for the past two years been facing severe starvation following El Nino-induced droughts and years of […]

Africa, as a food producing continent can produce enough to feed itself and the rest of the world. But instead of being the food basket of the world, the continent is facing increasing hunger and malnutrition due to factors such as the impact of climate change, conflict and COVID-19, described as the ‘Triple Cs’. These […]

The Covid-19 pandemic has worsened Zimbabwe’s pre-existing socio-economic challenges, with urban centres now on the frontline of the current rise in acute hunger, the World Food Programme said Thursday. In a statement announcing a donation of US$4.5 million from the Japanese government for emergency food assistance, WFP country director and representative Francesca Erdelmann said the […]

The SADC Regional Vulnerability Committee Chair, António Pacheco Dias Lima on 22 February 2021 called on member states, to find ways to share success stories, opportunities, and progress captured in the national Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis to inform food security interventions as the region battles COVID-19 and record high levels of food insecurity Dias Lima […]

“As entrepreneurs, we did not leave the 2020 lockdown period to define and determine our destiny. We saw a huge opportunity to assist as many people as possible with their health and finances. If there was any time when people needed us badly, it was in during the 2020 lockdown period. We quickly adapted to […]

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, not much was known about SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus) and its survival in food, on various materials and on surfaces. Since then, several food safety agencies have assessed the risk of potentially acquiring the virus from contaminated food or food packaging. The consensus is that currently, there’s no evidence it’s a food safety risk. The […]