African countries need to urgently expand food reserves, keep food supply flowing and boost their agriculture budgets to avert a possible hunger pandemic, partly caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, delegates at a two-day webinar hosted by the African Development Institute (ADI) urged on Tuesday. ...

Nqobile Bhebhe,Zimbabwe Government officials in Zimbabwe are queuing  up and calling on farmers to urgently shift to small grain production  against the backdrop of impending drought due to poor rains. Over the years, there have been repeated calls from Government and a range of aid agencies ...