How can we improve the use of information for a climate-resilient Malawi? This is the question that guest speakers grappled with in ‘Malawi’s Climate & Hydrological Futures’, an hour-long webinar hosted on 7 July 2020. Chaired by Professor Andy Dougill, AFRICAP Malawi country coordinator, the webinar shared key Malawi-specific findings from the Future Climate for …
In recent years, Tanzania has witness a number of climate-related disasters, namely flooding, droughts, pests, widespread crop failures, livestock deaths and intensification of climate sensitive diseases among others. Late June 2020, the AFRICAP Tanzania team hosted a national policy dialogue workshop in Tanzania, facilitated by ESRF and attended by the Ministry of Agriculture. In addition …
In partnership with the Global Food and Environment Institute at the University of Leeds, on 18 June we were pleased to welcome academics, researchers, policymakers and students from around the world to our public knowledge-sharing webinar, ‘Perspectives on Agri-Food System Sustainability in East Africa’. Chaired by Dr. Stephen Whitfield from the University of Leeds’ School …
According to the United Nations, in 2018, an estimated 821 million suffered from hunger – that’s approximately 70 million more people than the entire population of Europe. Research shows that intersectionality plays a significant role in which groups are most affected. Women account for 60% of the world’s hungry, and 98% of undernourished populations live …
As borders closed and lockdown measures were implemented around the world, a group of facilitators, farmers and government representatives embarked on a study tour across the Tanga Region of Tanzania, an area that had yet to be hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Held in March 2020, the tour brought together international researchers, national facilitators, government representatives and local farmers …