Magazine
The Magazine aims to promote the sharing of articles on topics relevant to the community of ALE professionals and practitioners in Africa – with a focus on new, topical information relating to the sector including new methods and approaches.
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Climate change is hitting Africa's staple crops, increasing parasites - UN report.
en| Lameez Omarjee, Ecological Crisis
Read MoreIn this article Lameez Omarjee highlights the reduction in agricultural productivity in Africa. The reduction in staple foods such as maize and wheat is of particularly concern in the context of climate change that continue to affect ecosystems in different part of the world.
Climate change in Africa: What will it mean for agriculture and food security?
en| Elliot Carleton Ecological Crisis
Read MoreClimate change continues to pose serious challenges for African agriculture. Hunger on the continent affects 240 million Africans on a daily basis.
Severe drought threatens 13 million with hunger in the Horn of Africa
en We will all die’: In Kenya, prolonged drought takes heavy toll
en| Virginia Pietromarchi Food Security
Read MoreKenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar are facing ecological disasters.
Watch the recorded Virtual workshop: Climate Just Pedagogy – What Lessons Have We Learned?
en| PIMA, CASAE, ALA, MOJA, SCUTREA
Read MoreWatch the recorded PIMA webinar series: climate justice and ALE presents
Climate Just Pedagogy – what lessons have we learned?
A webinar co-hosted by PIMA, CASAE, ALA, MOJA and SCUTREA
Agroecology: Is this a pathway towards Africa’s food systems transformation?
en| Nancy Rapando & Emmanual Ochola Matsaba, East and Central Africa, Solidaridad Food Security
Read MoreThe development and maintenance of secure food systems forms an important backbone of a healthy society.
Global environmental change and food systems in Southern Africa: the dynamic challenges facing regional policy
en| S. Drimie, J. Arntzen, P. Dube, J.S.I. Ingram, R.T Mano, C. Mataya, M.T. Muchero, E. Vhurumuku and G. Ziervogel Food Security
Read MoreThe ecological crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the urgency for countries in Africa to prioritise the development and protection of food systems.
How climate change contributed to Madagascar’s food crisis
en| Chris Funk | University of California Food Security
Read MoreIn 2021, the United Nations announced that Madagascar was on the brink of the world’s first “climate change famine” resulting in many people suffering “catastrophic” levels of hunger.
