by Contributed | Jul 5, 2022 | Blog
By Christophe KOFFI As wheat prices are driven upwards by the war in Ukraine, bakers in the West African state of Ivory Coast are starting to use locally produced cassava flour to bake bread. The baguette, the stick of bread that is much loved in the former French...
by Contributed | Jun 20, 2022 | Blog
By Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali Looking at the sacks of wheat stacked in Imad Abdullah’s small home, no one would guess that Sudan’s food security is hanging by a thread after an October coup and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But the wheat farmer fears...
by Contributed | Feb 25, 2022 | Blog
Winter wheat being harvested in the fields of the Tersky Konny Zavod collective farm in the North Caucuses. Photo by Anton Podgaiko\TASS via Getty Images Wandile Sihlobo, Stellenbosch University No man qualifies as a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problems...