The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently released its "State of Food Security and Nutrition Report 2024", indicating that the drive to end global hunger has stalled. According to the report, more than 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, 1/11 globally and 1/5 or
Project Background According to a study by Alero Ann Roberts, 66.8% of households in Lagos Nigeria were between moderately and severely food insecure as at 2018[1]. Food security amongst other things, speaks to access to food that meets dietary requirements, and the purchasing power to procure
AJSD's Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief Maurice Ekpong was the Chair at the recently concluded 11th Africa Sugar and Ethanol Conference which held at the prestigious Radisson Blu Hotel, Upper Hill Nairobi Kenya April 24 - 25, 2024. The annual conference organized by Informa Connect which
On the sidelines of the recently concluded 11th Africa Sugar and Ethanol Conference organized by Informa Connect which held at the Radisson Blu Hotel Upper Hill Nairobi Kenya April 24-25, 2024, we caught up with Pål M. Ladsten, Africa Sales Director Health & Biosciences at
To what extent will technology change us all? In today's constantly evolving world of work, where robotics, artificial intelligence and the internet of things are buzzwords, it is easy to forget that automation has been around for more than a hundred years. According to the Association
The highly anticipated 11th edition of the Annual Africa Sugar Conference is back from the 24 – 25th April 2024 at Radisson Blu, Upper Hill, Nairobi, Kenya. As Africa's premier event for the sugar and ethanol industry, this conference promises to be a melting pot
As per a 2019 World Bank report, West Africa loses more than $3.8 billion and 13,000 lives annually to coastal degradation. We need to begin to discuss collaborative approaches to tackle this problem. We are rallying stakeholders across Ghana, Togo, Benin, Senegal, Nigeria and Mauritania
In a bid to reach marginalized groups in Lagos Nigeria, African Journal for Sustainable Development (AJSD) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rockshield Microfinance Bank in Lagos Nigeria. The signing ceremony which held at the banks head office in Matori Lagos on Wednesday February
If Africa were a woman, she would be suing the rest of the world for rape. Of her children and her resources. Over the past 200 plus years and continuing, the world has feasted at Africa's expense, many cities and institutions in the west built
The low income food security pilot project to Ilaje Bariga Lagos reached an important milestone on Saturday February 24, 2024 as participants unanimously elected one of their members Mr. Lucky Agbaka as their Coordinator. The role is important because one of the key ideas from