African countries increasingly focus on building resilient food systems and becoming self-reliant. In their quest, they can learn from other developing countries, such as India, which experienced a so-called Green Revolution in the 1960s. Isha Vajpeyi looks at India’s successes and mistakes and explores the potential of the India-Africa partnership in the context of COP27.

A few weeks ago, Francesco Rampa pointed out the need to seek more structural solutions to Africa’s food insecurity, rather than focusing only on short-term emergency responses. Now, Poorva Karkare asks: how can this be achieved, and where does the much-talked-about AfCFTA fit into this?

Researchers from the European Think Tanks Group – including ECDPM’s Koen Dekeyser and Alfonso Medinilla – and GIZ, IAMO and SEI look at the implications of the war in Ukraine on energy and food security, industrial supply chains and environmental protection in the EU and developing countries. They also explore ways for the EU to mitigate these implications, particularly through the Green Deal.