12 JCAM 2022 www.jesuits.africa Annual Review ©africaag.org hallenges of Hunger – Alternative Strategies Kevin Okoth Ouko CResearch and Policy Analyst, JENA The Covid-19 global pandemic, climate change and the In response to these challenges, JENA in line with its 2022/2023 Russia-Ukraine war have left huge gaps in the food systems strategic framework seeks to achieve increased attention and of the global south. A legacy of the pandemic is the rise in relevant and improved responses to vulnerable communities from cases of inequality and deepening poverty levels among most policy makers and other external actors through rigorous and evidence-based research and advocacy. Key among these communities in the region and stagnating human discussions included the regional webinar on the “Russia-Ukraine development with its devastating impact on children, War - a Thorn for Global Food Systems” held in July 2022 in women, and youth. As a part of the solution, transforming collaboration with Jesuit Centre for Ecology and Development the food system to resolve the unending hunger appears a (JCED)-Malawi, Kasisi Agricultural Training College (KATC)-Zambia, promising frontier. Given the ever-growing economic divide Caritas Africa and Hekima University-Kenya. between urban and rural dwellers, countries in the global south, and mostly Sub-Saharan Africa can institute plans that seek to diversify food sources and job creation to boost income growth.