All publications and documents

A full 90 per cent of the Earth’s precious topsoil is likely to be at risk by 2050, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO. In a bid to protect soil globally and help farmers, the FAO warned on Wednesday that the equivalent of one soccer pitch of earth erodes, every five seconds. It also takes around a thousand years to create just a few centimetres…

The UNGA and ECOSOC Presidents’ joint Call to Action acknowledges that the most effective way to address sustainable development in Africa is by African countries taking the lead on the prioritization and implementation of national development strategies and plans, with support from the UN system and other partners. It emphasizes the need to support Africa’s efforts in addressing the…

Despite growing recognition that climate change and biodiversity loss are highly interlinked, policy efforts addressing both crises in an integrated manner remain limited. There is a need to make better use of existing opportunities to translate synergies into policies and implementation. The upcoming Conferences of Parties under the biodiversity (CBD) and climate conventions (UNFCCC) are…

PROTECT OUR PLANET- Take action with Romario ... with eco-projects and green tips About the book ( to be published in September 2022, 64pp.) Meet Romario Valentine, an 11-year-old eco-warrior from Durban, South Africa. Through his tree planting, beach clean-ups, avian art and other conservation projects in Africa and other parts of the world, this young activist has…

Benoit Thierry, is Sahel Office Director of International Fund for Agriculture Development, Dakar DAKAR, Senegal, Jul 25 2022 (IPS) - The current Ukraine-Russia conflict is dominating the global media to the point of overshadowing longer protracted crisis that no longer make headlines, but are still rife. Such is the case with the on-going Sahel crisis, one of the world’s most…

By: Dann Okoth Increased demand for water will be the biggest threat to food security in the next two decades, says a new report that calls for collaboration between scientists and policymakers to boost resilience in global food systems. As many as 828 million people faced hunger in 2021, up from an estimated 811 million the previous year, with around 11.7 per cent of…