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How 8,000 Food Forests Are Changing Africa 🌍 The Great Green Wall of Africa is a remarkable initiative. It consists of 8,000 diverse food forests strategically positioned—sometimes in peoples’ yards—to counter the southern advance of the Sahara Desert while providing multiple additional benefits. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/ge3UgwmX #RegenerativeLiving #Newsletter

🌍 𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚: 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞🌱 West Africa faces severe challenges from climate change—famine, drought, poverty, and floods threaten the region's agriculture and livelihoods. But there is hope. Through 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 like agroforestry, resilient crops, and improved infrastructure, we can strengthen food security and promote sustainable development. 💡 By investing in these solutions, West Africa can build a more resilient agricultural system that supports future generations. 👩🌾🌾 👉 Read the new insights on Urban Media Lab! https://lnkd.in/dAsFYw_x kodjori LOUGOUROU

Drought-hit Southern Africa’s growth lags: South Africa, the region’s economic powerhouse, looks to record improved, albeit tepid, growth this year and next. https://lnkd.in/dHTDBWM2

Uncover the story of Loyiso Manga, founder of Ubuntu Olive Oil, and delve into his inspiring journey of cultivating health, unity, and excellence in South Africa's agricultural heartland. Read more about his vision and passion : https://lnkd.in/dMFfVdkT #UbuntuOliveOil #AgriculturalInnovation #InspiringJourney

In a significant move to enhance Pakistan's olive sector, Pakistan and Italy have agreed to strengthen their collaboration through the "OliveCulture Scale-up – Scaling up OliveCulture Value Chain and Promoting Climate Resilient Rural Development in Pakistan" project. This decision was made during the first Steering Committee meeting held at the... Read More: https://lnkd.in/ewMZ8cBh For more details visit raisedbynumbers.com #RBN #RaisedbyNumbers

It has been amazing learning more about the sustainable processes from coffee bean to cup and it's impact on flavours. 🌱 ☕ If you're interested, have a look at our recent blog post explaining the process in more depth.

🇧🇮 From field to market, innovation is transforming rural livelihoods in Burundi. Discover how FAO's Farmer Field Schools are equipping farmers with skills to boost productivity and resilience. 👨🏾🌾👩🏾🌾 Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4eVuGfK

90% of Uzbekistan's water flows in from other countries. The Aral Sea vanished due to unsustainable agriculture. 🌊 Now, Uzbekistan is addressing this crisis with: 🔹 2 million hectares of reforestation in the Aral Sea region 🔹 A nationwide Green Space Program to improve the well-being of local communities H.E. Alisher Shukurov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Uzbekistan, expresses his gratitude to #SaveSoil for actively engaging in COP16 and beyond. Together, we can nurture soil and transform lives. 🌏

Thanks for the Insights and update Wandile Sihlobo. I strongly believe this is indeed one of the biggest economic sectors that can create many more jobs for our economy alongside providing resilience to food security especially in the more informal sectors, where marginalized communities who get hit the most by inflation and other general costs of modern living pressures become more vulnerable, unstable and high risk areas of South Africa. Alongside this sub sector of our economy, I generally believe that South Africa's economy could do so much better (especially in terms of reducing unemployment rates and increasing our GDP) if more focus and allocation of resources were to be directed towards revitalizing, supporting, strengthening and innovatively creating stronger local supply chain linkages in our Primary and Secondary Economic sectors. #SouthAfricasEconomy #Agriculture #FoodSystems #Infrastructure #YouthUnemployment