Can WhatsApp and motorbikes protect Africa’s food security?
Thomson Reuters Foundation A motorbike and reliable connectivity to watch football and chat on WhatsApp are the key to keeping young Africans in farming, a senior United Nations official said, as large-scale urban migration threatens food production on the continent. Africa already spends $US35 billion a year on importing food for its growing population despite […]
REBOOTING FOOD: NEW WAYS TO FEED THE FUTURE, PART II
In the second part of a two part special on the future of food (head here for part one), THIN LEI WIN, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at how food production is being transformed…
FOOD: ARCTIC SEED VAULT FACES “UNPRECEDENTED” AGRICULTURAL CHALLENGES AS IT TURNS 10
As the Svalbard Global Seed Vault turns 10, its creators say agriculture around the world is facing “even bigger challenges” than when the project was started. THIN LEI WIN reports…