By Jefferson Massah/jeff.massah24@gmail.com /+231886828622 Dakar, Senegal – Liberia has announced an ambitious $900 million agriculture investment program designed to transform the country’s food systems, boost rural livelihoods, and accelerate economic growth over the next five years. Agriculture Minister Alexander Nuetah unveiled the Legacy Investment Program on the sidelines of the Africa Food Systems Forum in Dakar, Senegal. The plan prioritizes …

By Maximo Torero For the first time in years, global hunger is edging down: from 8.5 percent of the world population in 2023 to 8.2 percent in 2024, according to the UN’s food security report. It’s a modest but welcome shift from the devastating surge that followed the pandemic. But Africa is a notable exception to this global trend. Last …

By Jefferson Massah,  jeff.massah24@gmail.com /+231886828622 Dakar, Senegal — The President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Ms. Alice Ruhweza, has urged governments, private sector actors, researchers, farmers, and civil society to accelerate collective action to strengthen Africa’s food systems. She made the call at the opening of the 2025 Africa Food Systems Forum, held in Dakar, …