Local products to promote healthy eating in Africa

West Africa, December 3, 2019The Innovative Cooperative for Optimal Nutrition (ICON) launched a new collective brand in Burkina Faso with the aim of supporting the consumption, production and trade of local, highly nutrient-rich food products. (Source: CTA...

Biofortified Food, a Business Boost for Smallholder Farmers

Zimbabwe, December 2, 2019A start-up Sky Brands in Zimbabwe, where 36 percent of children under five years of age suffer from Vitamin A deficiency, is producing high nutrition foods using biofortified crops in a bid to fight micronutrient deficiency. (Source: Inter...

President launches National Tree Planting Day

Zimbabwe, December 14, 2019 The president of Zimbabwe, Mnangagwa officially launched this year’s National Tree Planting Day, which is the 1st of December, and the tree planting was held under the theme “Fruit trees for food security and nutrition.” (Source: The...