The code has been copied to your clipboard. As climate change has challenged food security, some African countries that have relied on grain imports, like Senegal, are looking to indigenous grains ...

Three groups of students from the Department of Food Science and Technology, University for Development Studies (UDS) have won grants to produce bread for commercial purposes using the Fonio grain.

In a collaborative effort to bolster food security and enhance the resilience of agrifood systems in Ghana, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and chef Fatmata Binta, ...

A protein-rich ancient grain that’s gluten-free and grows well in arid conditions? No, it’s not quinoa but the African grain fonio and one company, Yolélé, is taking a farm-to-fork approach to make it ...

This story was originally reported by Emmanuelle Landais and edited by Jumana Farouky and Sebastien Malo for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. For centuries, women in West Africa’s cereal belt have ...

Fonio is an African ancient grain that is originally cultivated in West Africa. It is their staple food and is found in very small and less areas of India, including Khasi hills. Otherwise, this ...