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Big irrigation projects in Africa have failed to deliver. What's needed next
Tom Higginbottom, Roshan Adhikari and Timothy Foster 10 Jun 2021






Informal food markets: What it takes to make them safer
Silvia Alonso Alvarez, Delia Grace and Hung Nguyen-Viet 4 Jun 2021





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Women are a mainstay of fishing in West Africa. But they get a raw deal
Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood and Sayra van den Berg Bhagwandas 4 May 2021


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AgricultureWomen are a mainstay of fishing in West Africa. But they get a raw deal
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