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Source: © Ollivier Girad/CIFOR-ICRAF Fifty-eight ‘forgotten’ food crops in sub-Saharan Africa have been identified as able to provide healthy diets in a changing climate

Africa’s ‘forgotten’ foods research wins prestigious US Cozzarelli Prize

16 May 2024

WFP plans food relief for 270,000 Zimbabweans, poor harvest expected

By Nyasha Chingono 5 Jan 2024

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FAO distributes seeds and fertilisers to a million people in north-east Nigeria

22 Jun 2017

Africa could help feed the world - if its fertile land doesn't vanish

Younouss Youn 21 Jun 2017

IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga (right) welcomes the Nigerian Minister of Finance, the Hon. Kemi Adeosun (left) to IITA, Ibadan. Photo: O. Adebayo, IITA

Nigerian Minister of Finance encourages national roll out of youth agri programme

20 Jun 2017

BRICS countries have an important role to play in achieving SDGs

BRICS countries have an important role to play in achieving SDGs

20 Jun 2017

Technology, like this tea-picking machine in Kenya, can harness agriculture’s power to change lives. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Science has the power to boost farming in Africa. But a lot has to change

Frans Swanepoel 19 Jun 2017

Chad is the country most vulnerable to climate change - here's why

Chad is the country most vulnerable to climate change - here's why

Hakim Abdi 14 Jun 2017

L-R: Deputy Governor, Osun State, Titilayo Laoye-Tomori; Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola; and Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Dr Nteranya Sanginga at the commissioning of IITA Research and Training Farm in Ago Owu

New research station to empower Nigerian farmers in modern agriculture

14 Jun 2017

Leo-setä via - Mesembryanthemum plant can revive within a short period of time after a drought

Jill Farrant on breeding drought-resistant crops

12 Jun 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

Disrupted agriculture, high food prices deepens food insecurity in Africa

12 Jun 2017

Antoshananarivo via

AfDB explores investment strategies to tilt markets in favour of African farmers

9 Jun 2017

Antoshananarivo via

Taking agriculture to the next level

Tanimola Oyewole 7 Jun 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

Clues and solutions to Kenya's puzzling food price crisis

Timothy Njagi Njeru 2 Jun 2017

Africa feeling the heat of climate change

Dan Shepard 2 Jun 2017

miguelibars via - Prickly pear

Africa must re-adopt its orphan crops in the face of a changing environment

Ethel Phiri, Palesa Natasha Mothapo 31 May 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

FAO calls for sustainable transformation of agriculture and food systems

31 May 2017

MarvinBikolano via

Highly contagious disease can decimate tilapia populations

29 May 2017

Elanco receives $2.86m grant to address food insecurity in East Africa

Elanco receives $2.86m grant to address food insecurity in East Africa

25 May 2017

Drought affects 1.4-million in Angola: UNICEF

Drought affects 1.4-million in Angola: UNICEF

19 May 2017

Africa must start by treating agriculture as a business

Africa must start by treating agriculture as a business

Dr Akinwumi Adesina 17 May 2017

Introducing the Greenhouse In a Box

16 May 2017

Study reveals the gender gap in Tanzania, Uganda climate policies

Study reveals the gender gap in Tanzania, Uganda climate policies

Mariola Acosta Francés, Edidah Lubega Ampaire and 16 May 2017

Experts call for multi-pronged approach to fight Fall armyworm in Africa

Experts call for multi-pronged approach to fight Fall armyworm in Africa

10 May 2017

Rainfall set to boost growth in southern Africa

Rainfall set to boost growth in southern Africa

Steve Johnson 8 May 2017

Invest in agriculture, Africa urged

Invest in agriculture, Africa urged

Victoria Ruzvidzo 5 May 2017

Kenya eyes blue economy to net more from fishing

Kenya eyes blue economy to net more from fishing

Winnie Atieno 4 May 2017

Africa has vast agricultural potential, so why are we due to import $110 billion worth of food annually by 2025?

Africa has vast agricultural potential, so why are we due to import $110 billion worth of food annually by 2025?

Junior Sabena Mutabazi 2 May 2017

Young Africans create new roads for agriculture

Pius Sawa, Reuters 28 Apr 2017

Govt unveils crop disease quarantine

Runyararo Muzavazi 24 Apr 2017

Maize farmers worried as worms attack farms

Maize farmers worried as worms attack farms

Philip Bwayo and Barnabas Bii 11 Apr 2017

Food prices to rise as EA braces for poor harvest

Kabona Esiara 6 Apr 2017

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Africa could help feed the world - if its fertile land doesn't vanish

Younouss Youn 21 Jun 2017

IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga (right) welcomes the Nigerian Minister of Finance, the Hon. Kemi Adeosun (left) to IITA, Ibadan. Photo: O. Adebayo, IITA

Nigerian Minister of Finance encourages national roll out of youth agri programme

20 Jun 2017

BRICS countries have an important role to play in achieving SDGs

BRICS countries have an important role to play in achieving SDGs

20 Jun 2017

Technology, like this tea-picking machine in Kenya, can harness agriculture’s power to change lives. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Science has the power to boost farming in Africa. But a lot has to change

Frans Swanepoel 19 Jun 2017

Chad is the country most vulnerable to climate change - here's why

Chad is the country most vulnerable to climate change - here's why

Hakim Abdi 14 Jun 2017

L-R: Deputy Governor, Osun State, Titilayo Laoye-Tomori; Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola; and Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Dr Nteranya Sanginga at the commissioning of IITA Research and Training Farm in Ago Owu

New research station to empower Nigerian farmers in modern agriculture

14 Jun 2017

Leo-setä via - Mesembryanthemum plant can revive within a short period of time after a drought

Jill Farrant on breeding drought-resistant crops

12 Jun 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

Disrupted agriculture, high food prices deepens food insecurity in Africa

12 Jun 2017

Antoshananarivo via

AfDB explores investment strategies to tilt markets in favour of African farmers

9 Jun 2017

Antoshananarivo via

Taking agriculture to the next level

Tanimola Oyewole 7 Jun 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

Clues and solutions to Kenya's puzzling food price crisis

Timothy Njagi Njeru 2 Jun 2017

Africa feeling the heat of climate change

Dan Shepard 2 Jun 2017

miguelibars via - Prickly pear

Africa must re-adopt its orphan crops in the face of a changing environment

Ethel Phiri, Palesa Natasha Mothapo 31 May 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

FAO calls for sustainable transformation of agriculture and food systems

31 May 2017

MarvinBikolano via

Highly contagious disease can decimate tilapia populations

29 May 2017

Elanco receives $2.86m grant to address food insecurity in East Africa

Elanco receives $2.86m grant to address food insecurity in East Africa

25 May 2017

Drought affects 1.4-million in Angola: UNICEF

Drought affects 1.4-million in Angola: UNICEF

19 May 2017

Africa must start by treating agriculture as a business

Africa must start by treating agriculture as a business

Dr Akinwumi Adesina 17 May 2017

Introducing the Greenhouse In a Box

16 May 2017

Study reveals the gender gap in Tanzania, Uganda climate policies

Study reveals the gender gap in Tanzania, Uganda climate policies

Mariola Acosta Francés, Edidah Lubega Ampaire and 16 May 2017

Experts call for multi-pronged approach to fight Fall armyworm in Africa

Experts call for multi-pronged approach to fight Fall armyworm in Africa

10 May 2017

Rainfall set to boost growth in southern Africa

Rainfall set to boost growth in southern Africa

Steve Johnson 8 May 2017

Invest in agriculture, Africa urged

Invest in agriculture, Africa urged

Victoria Ruzvidzo 5 May 2017

Kenya eyes blue economy to net more from fishing

Kenya eyes blue economy to net more from fishing

Winnie Atieno 4 May 2017

Africa has vast agricultural potential, so why are we due to import $110 billion worth of food annually by 2025?

Africa has vast agricultural potential, so why are we due to import $110 billion worth of food annually by 2025?

Junior Sabena Mutabazi 2 May 2017

Young Africans create new roads for agriculture

Pius Sawa, Reuters 28 Apr 2017

Govt unveils crop disease quarantine

Runyararo Muzavazi 24 Apr 2017

Maize farmers worried as worms attack farms

Maize farmers worried as worms attack farms

Philip Bwayo and Barnabas Bii 11 Apr 2017

Food prices to rise as EA braces for poor harvest

Kabona Esiara 6 Apr 2017

Improving cassava production in Nigeria through sustainable seed systems

Improving cassava production in Nigeria through sustainable seed systems

6 Apr 2017

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As farmers chop maize for cattle feed, food security worries grow

Caroline Wambui 4 Apr 2017

After drought, Zimbabwe contends with Fall armyworm invasion

After drought, Zimbabwe contends with Fall armyworm invasion

Sally Nyakanyanga 4 Apr 2017

The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

Nteranya Sanginga 31 Mar 2017

Collective land tenure is under threat in Kenya. Why it needs to be protected

Collective land tenure is under threat in Kenya. Why it needs to be protected

Timothy Njagi Njeru 28 Mar 2017

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Africa needs its own version of the vertical farm to feed growing cities

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 27 Mar 2017

Africa's food security challenges driving technological innovation

Africa's food security challenges driving technological innovation

20 Mar 2017

AnnaJB via - Intercropping maize and beans

Factbox: From new beans to ancient plants, drought-busting crops take root

Anastasia Moloney 13 Mar 2017

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Insurance vital, but no magic bullet to fight drought in Africa

Alex Whiting 10 Mar 2017

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Could 'resurrection' crops survive drought and feed a hungry planet?

Peter Lykke Lind 9 Mar 2017

MasterCard assists 1.1 million African smallholder farmers

7 Mar 2017