To combat the brewing drought and desertification, the African Union developed the Great Green Wall Initiative in 2007. The ...

Healthy land also provides food security and a sustainable agricultural system, says the study. But with so much fertile, productive land degraded each year, ongoing desertification is instead ...

Desert locust swarms are ravaging crops, trees, and pastureland, destroying food and vegetation and jeopardizing food security across Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and South Asia. The World Bank is ...

There are 27 areas considered food deserts in Guilford County. Grocery stores are 10 miles away in rural areas or more than one mile away in urban areas.

The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project, financed by the World Bank, has restored 160,000 hectares of degraded land ...