The world’s worst food security crisis is putting millions of lives at risk in the eastern Horn of Africa, a US agency warns.

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East Africa ‘faces food crisis’

A “plant clinic” scheme to improve food security in developing nations receives a £6.8m boost from the UK and Swiss governments.

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Plant clinics boost food security

Let us begin with a “defining moment,” courtesy of the Oxford World Dictionary: Commissariat (kɒmɪˈsɛːrɪət) Definition: chiefly Military department for the supply of food and equipment. Origin: late 16th century (as a Scots legal term denoting the jurisdiction of a commissary, often spelled commissariot): from French commissariat, reinforced by medieval Latin commissariatus, both from medieval Latin commissarius ‘person in charge’, from Latin committere ‘entrust’ read more

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Walmart, Food Deserts and Genuine Sovereignty

Rony Charles, a rice grower and member of the Agricultural Producer Cooperative of Verrettes, said, “Instead of foreigners sending us food, they should give us the chance to do our own agriculture so it can survive.” Giving domestic agriculture the chance to survive would address four critical needs: * Creating employment for a Haiti’s rural majority, estimated at 60 percent to 80 percent of the population; [1] read more

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Haitian Farmers Organize for Food Sovereignty