Africa Archive
Burkina Faso Food Crisis Funding
Insufficient and erratic rainfall, poor harvests, and overpriced food are combining to create a severe food crisis in Burkina Faso that will last for at least a few months, if not longer. A new $25K grant from the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation (MCIC) will go a long way towards helping the farmers that USC Canada is supporting in the country’s north. Read More…
Early Action can Avert Sahel Crisis
“Drought, poor harvests and rising food prices have left the Sahel region of West Central Africa on the brink of a humanitarian crisis,” warns UN Right to Food Rapporteur Olivier De Schutter in his new report. Read More…
Mali – Canada: Farmer to Farmer
The new director of our program in Douentza Mali, Abdrahamane Goïta, was in Canada in October and was keen to visit local Ottawa area seed producer and longtime USC friend and supporter, Greta Kryger of Greta’s Organics. Abdrahamane gave her a big thumbs up! Read More…
Reports from Rome: A Call to Action
Our own Faris Ahmed is in Rome taking part in the UN Committee on World Food Security. He has attended many presentations over the last few days, but puts this impassioned call to action by Ibrahim Coulibaly – a farm movement leader from Mali – in a category all its own. Read it for yourself…
Spotlight on Mali
Our Africa Program Manager, Sarah Dalle, has just returned from a visit to the Douentza region of Mali with a wealth of stories and pictures. Take the tour yourself on this eye-opening visit with local farmers’ groups working to strengthen community seed banking networks, market gardens, and the participation of young farmers and farmer apprentices. Read More…