On the third and last day of the summit, AGRA Board Chair His Excellency Hailemariam Desalegn joined several Heads of State to advocate for practical measures that safeguard the health of African soils is key.
On the second day of the summit, AGRA, through her thought leaders, participated in various side events as panellists and some gave keynote addresses on an array of topics reflecting our commitment to sustainably grow Africa’s Food Systems.
KCMD Newsletter, 20 June 2024
A recent JRC Science-for-Policy Brief looks at the historically low fertility rates in EU countries.
Day one of the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit (AFSHS) brought together over 4,000 stakeholders including key government officials, Regional Economic Blocs, private organizations and other key stakeholders to evaluate the state of Africa’s fertilizer use and soil health, while reviewing the progress made since the 2006 Abuja declaration, which aimed to boost fertilizer Growth.
Cocoa bean prices have been rising since the last quarter of 2023, hitting a record high of $10.97 per kilogram on April 19 (Figure 1).
Healthy soils play a critical role in supporting agricultural productivity, climate change mitigation and resilience, and a range of ecosystem services.
A recent JRC Science-for-Policy Brief looks at the historically low fertility rates in EU countries. The study highlights socio-economic shifts, gender inequality, prolonged education and career paths, changing family dynamics and norms and the postponement of parenthood as the main factors behind declining fertility rates across the EU. It suggests that reducing the gap between the number of children European couples would like to have and the number they actually have could help mitigate the challenges linked to an ageing population.
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The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), representing a coalition of 41 African civil society organizations, today issued a call for revision of the African Union’s proposed 10-year Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan 2023-2033.
A new JRC study explores the participation of migrants from non-EU countries in green and digital occupations across the EU. It shows that in 2021, non-EU workers made up 2.7% of digital occupations, 4% of green and 4.9% of other occupations. These shares remain low at EU level despite a nearly quadruple (363%) increase of non-EU workers in digital occupations and 70% increase in the green sector between 2011 and 2021.
This JRC report provides valuable insights into the potential implications of demographic change on health and long-term care needs.
The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2024 identifies armed conflicts as the major driver of food insecurity, and the food crisis in the Gaza Strip as the worst in eight years.
According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), nearly 282 million people in 59 countries and territories experienced high levels of acute hunger in 2023 - a worldwide increase of 24 million from the previous year. This rise was due to the report’s increased coverage of food crisis contexts as well as a sharp deterioration in food security, especially in the Gaza Strip and Sudan.
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A drought that has pushed millions into hunger across southern Africa has been driven by the El Nino weather pattern, not climate change.
Cocoa prices have skyrocketed, following climate shocks and disease outbreaks in West Africa. India has reported new figures on its agricultural domestic support, and the WTO has released a major report forecasting a global trade rebound.
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Southern Africa: In southern Africa, record dryness and high temperatures in February resulted in severe moisture stress during a critical crop developmental period. Drought persisted in March in central parts of the region, and crop conditions were poor in central and southern Zambia, southern Malawi, northern Zimbabwe, north-eastern Botswana and north-eastern Namibia central Mozambique.
