Student gastronomes plan recipe for Madagascar’s future

In southern Madagascar, students at Beabo Primary School are participating in Tsikonina, a cooking competition promoting nutritious meals and healthy eating habits among children and families. Organized by the UN, Tsikonina educates students on preparing healthy dishes using locally available ingredients, aiming to address challenges such as malnutrition and climate change while fostering sustainable development. […]

FAO launches the UN’s International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today [15 December 2020] launched the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021 (IYFV) with an appeal to improve healthy and sustainable food production through innovation and technology and to reduce food loss and waste. Proclaimed at the 74th session the UN General Assembly, […]

Why it’s important to recognize multiple food systems in Africa

There are more than 815 million malnourished people in the world today. Almost 243 million of these are in Africa, where the problem is highest. Unfortunately, development organisations may be making food insecurity worse as they push the most advanced forms of agriculture to the detriment of other food systems. These include methods like foraging and subsistence […]