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Russia’s July 17 withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI), has sparked fears of reduced exports of wheat and other key commodities to developing countries, along with other market disruptions.

Hidden hunger—the silent epidemic of micronutrient deficiencies—is driven by poverty and continues to be a major public health challenge in the developing world.

Surveys are a key method for social scientists to gather data on living standards. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, such surveys in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)

For Africa, which is still recovering from the socio-economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict poses a major threat to food security.

In August-September 2022, eighteen representatives from the government, civil society, the private sector, farmers, and community leaders met in Bolgatanga, Ghana over a series of 3 workshops to explore potential pathways for improving groundwater use and governance in the White Volta basin in the Upper East region of Ghana

Few places on Earth need accelerated change and progress toward SDG 6 on water and sanitation as much as West Africa’s Niger River Basin, which supports more than 160 million people and covers 2.23 million square kilometers.

In rural Kenya, the pandemic has posed serious problems whose impacts are ongoing, particularly for women. I recently spoke with Esther (a pseudonym), a small-scale farmer in Nyandarua

The sustainable transformation of Africa’s agrifood processing system has been increasingly recognized as crucial to ensuring the region’s food security, reducing poverty rates, and supporting economic development.