by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Highlighted, Solution
Challenge Fish and other fishery products are preferred food items in Africa because they are rich in protein and micronutrients. Fish is reasonably priced (less expensive than substitute food items such as meat) and constitutes an integral part of traditional diets....
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Over the last four decades, sub-Saharan Africa has experienced more than 1,000 disasters. They are a major threat to development, putting recent economic development gains at risk. Africa’s disaster profile is characterized by extreme...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge The simultaneous global economic and environmental crises in recent years have brought into relief the urgent need to separate the unsustainable use of natural resources from economic growth based on industrial production patterns that have been largely...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Egypt has long been an important producer and exporter of various crops to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Today, its agro-industrial sector accounts for 20 per cent of the country’s exports, most of which are to the European Union. Because...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Africa’s population is forecast to double by 2050. Meanwhile, the continent’s average cereal yields have shown little improvement since the 1960s in contrast to steep rises in productivity throughout much of Asia. Over the same period, Africa has...
