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The DrumBeat team's commitment to tell the African story and share expert opinions on topical issues in agriculture, health and environment for impact science continues to grow stronger. In this issue, we exclusively explore the place of Africa's food systems in enhancing nutrition and health wellbeing of our population, and accelerating our countries' economic growth.
The Video of the Month highlights the important contribution of livestock in building sustainable food systems on the continent. Through the perspective of an expert, we put forward key recommendations that can be actualized to ensure smallholder livestock farmers reap maximum economic benefits from this farming. It also emerges from the video that improvement of livestock production and value chains can significantly reduce health risks and improve human health.
The Story of the Month presents an in-depth discussion on how effective agri-value chains and food systems can be harnessed to transform Africa. It shares an expert's opinion on how agri-entrepreneurial start-ups can power up the continent's potential through effective food systems.
Through this issue, we also share with you ISAAA AfriCenter's Annual Report. The report captures AfriCenter's key achievements and opportunities in line with its mandate to contribute towards a food secure Africa free of hunger and poverty. The Center is expanding its communications, policy advocacy and knowledge sharing activities beyond crop biotechnology, and extending to livestock, environment and One Health approach. It is for this reason that a new five-year Strategic Plan (2023 - 2028) is in the offing.
We continue our countdown to the Africa Biennial Biosciences Communication symposium (ABBC2023). The Symposium, running from 22nd - 24th August 2023, will provide an Africa-based and African-led platform for stakeholders to actively exchange experiences and address pressing communication issues key in propelling biosciences' innovations in the continent and globally. It is organized under the theme 'Evolution of Genetic Improvement Tools in Agriculture: Is Communication Matching Up?'
For these and more stories, read your copy of this issue's DrumBeat. Enjoy your reading!
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