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Devex Dish: A thank you to the Devex Dish community

Oct 25, 2023 | devex.com | Teresa Welsh

Over the last two years, I’ve been in your inbox almost every week with the latest insights and breaking news on global food systems transformation. Today, as I transition to new endeavors, I'm excited to announce that we have some fresh faces who will continue to bring you the best Devex Dish has to offer, with coverage spearheaded by our senior editor Tania Karas, and contributions from Andrew Green, Lauren Evans, and our regular freelancers from across the globe.
Devex Dish: Aid agencies bracing themselves for the impact of El Niño

Oct 18, 2023 | devex.com | Teresa Welsh

Presented by Catholic Relief ServicesHappy belated World Food Day! This year’s ceremony took place on Monday against a backdrop of increasing world hunger and conflicts. And unfortunately, we have more bad news here at Devex Dish. Firstly, El Niño is back and aid agencies are bracing themselves for increased food insecurity.
'In for surprises:' Aid orgs brace for El Niño's food security impact

Oct 18, 2023 | devex.com | Teresa Welsh

A strong El Niño felt worldwide will push additional people into food insecurity next year, experts warn, as too much rain in some areas, while not enough in others, will disrupt agricultural production and livelihoods. El Niño, which officially began in July, is caused by warmer sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and can alter global weather patterns. It occurs on average every two to seven years and typically lasts about a year.
Devex Dish: WFP resumes refugee food assistance in Ethiopia

Oct 11, 2023 | devex.com | Teresa Welsh

The World Food Programme announced yesterday that it has started to resume food aid for an estimated 900,000 refugees in Ethiopia after pausing delivery in June due to widespread fraud and diversion. Refugees from Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, and South Sudan will now receive cereals, pulses, vegetable oil, and salt.
Devex Dish: Nigeria’s multifaceted poultry problem

Oct 4, 2023 | devex.com | Teresa Welsh

Presented by Micronutrient ForumHere at Devex Dish, we talk a lot about what grain shortages’ impact on global food security means for people, but this week’s top story digs into what it also means for animals. Devex contributor Pelumi Salako takes us inside Nigeria’s maize shortage, and how it is affecting the country’s poultry industry. Maize is the main ingredient in chicken feed, and prices have soared from 200,000 Nigerian naira ($268.64) per metric ton to more than 500,000 naira ($671.59).
Cage fish farming could be the future in East Africa

Sep 27, 2023 | devex.com | Teresa Welsh

WAIRAKA, Uganda — As dark storm clouds roll over hills on the eastern side of Uganda’s Lake Victoria, Bumba Musasizi steers his fishing boat to the marshy shore of Africa’s largest inland body of water. Having set out before dawn to see what God has tangled in the nets he laid the previous afternoon, it is now nearly 10 a.m. He cuts his engine and drifts into the landing site, approaching the community of Wairaka.
Devex Dish: Can fish farming in Lake Victoria bring more food security?

Sep 27, 2023 | devex.com | Teresa Welsh

Presented by Micronutrient ForumWhen I visited the small community of Wairaka on the north shore of Lake Victoria in Uganda, fishermen there detailed to me how they have been struggling to make their traditional living off the water in recent years. They say a combination of overfishing, illegal fishing, overzealous enforcement of fishing laws, and invasive species threaten their ability to catch enough to pay rent for their homes and boats and other basic expenses.
Devex Dish: Displaced Somalis extorted out of US-funded aid

Sep 20, 2023 | devex.com | Teresa Welsh

Presented by Heifer InternationalMillions of people in Somalia have been impacted by the country’s drought for years, with climate change affecting both agriculture and livestock production, while an influx of assistance has narrowly helped avoid wide-scale famine.
Devex Dish: What lawmakers’ return to Washington means for US farm bill

Sep 13, 2023 | devex.com | Teresa Welsh

Presented by Catholic Relief ServicesWhat I’m going to tell you today likely won’t come as much of a surprise to those of you who follow U.S. agriculture and foreign assistance legislation closely: It is very, very unlikely that the U.S. Congress will pass a farm bill before the deadline of Sept. 30.
$1T US farm bill authorizing foreign food aid unlikely by deadline

Sep 13, 2023 | devex.com | Teresa Welsh

As U.S. lawmakers return to Washington with just weeks to fund the government and avoid a shutdown, passing a farm bill by the Sept. 30 deadline is looking all but impossible. Not only will you get to finish this article, you will also unlock access to community content from our global team of journalists covering the latest global health, humanitarian aid and international development news. And it's totally free. Join usSign inPlease use the sharing options on the left side of the article.