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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
    A logo of the World Food Program is seen at their headquarters after the WFP won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, in Rome, Italy 9 October 2020. Reuters/Remo Casilli/File Photo
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    Drought and jobless, hopeless youth, fertile grounds for extremism
    Drought and jobless, hopeless youth, fertile grounds for extremism

    26 Jun 2017

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

    22 Jun 2017

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

      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

      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

      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

      7 Jun 2017

    Kate HoltAusAID via
    Clues and solutions to Kenya's puzzling food price crisis

      2 Jun 2017

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    Africa feeling the heat of climate change

      2 Jun 2017

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

      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

      17 May 2017

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    16 May 2017

    Study reveals the gender gap in Tanzania, Uganda climate policies
    Study reveals the gender gap in Tanzania, Uganda climate policies

      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

      8 May 2017

    Invest in agriculture, Africa urged
    Invest in agriculture, Africa urged

      5 May 2017

    Kenya eyes blue economy to net more from fishing
    Kenya eyes blue economy to net more from fishing

      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?

      2 May 2017

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    makunin via
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    IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga (right) welcomes the Nigerian Minister of Finance, the Hon. Kemi Adeosun (left) to IITA, Ibadan. Photo: O. Adebayo, IITA
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    20 Jun 2017

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    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

     19 Jun 2017

    Chad is the country most vulnerable to climate change - here's why
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    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
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    12 Jun 2017

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    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

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    miguelibars via - Prickly pear
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    Highly contagious disease can decimate tilapia populations

    29 May 2017

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    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

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    Africa must start by treating agriculture as a business
    Africa must start by treating agriculture as a business

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    Study reveals the gender gap in Tanzania, Uganda climate policies
    Study reveals the gender gap in Tanzania, Uganda climate policies

     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

     8 May 2017

    Invest in agriculture, Africa urged
    Invest in agriculture, Africa urged

     5 May 2017

    Kenya eyes blue economy to net more from fishing
    Kenya eyes blue economy to net more from fishing

     4 May 2017

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