On Food Security & COVID19

We have partnered with OXFAM to explore the state of food security on the continent in light of the COVID-19 pandemic; focusing on how the factors of low public investment in agriculture and climate change combine to heavily strain food systems and agricultural productivity. The series also explores the solutions within, from the government-led pursuit of climate finance, to people-led, grassroots solutions in the rural economy.

Covid-19 Malawi On Food Security & COVID19 Top story

Malawi: COVID-19 hindered business for farmers. They found solutions.

By Charles Pensulo
October 8, 2021

With access to markets and capital negatively impacted by the pandemic, people have found ways to cushion the damage. In Blantyre, everyone in the ...

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Covid-19 On Food Security & COVID19 Top story Uganda

“I was tricked into buying air”: Ugandans are losing their land

By John Okot & Denis Omony
September 29, 2021

Amid the pandemic, many people have taken out loans, using land as collateral. Unable to earn and pay their debts, some now face eviction. ...

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Malawi: COVID-19 hindered business for farmers. They found solutions.

“I was tricked into buying air”: Ugandans are losing their land