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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

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

By Nyasha Chingono 5 Jan 2024

Bird flu could be eradicated by editing the genes of chickens - our study shows how

Bird flu could be eradicated by editing the genes of chickens - our study shows how

By Alewo Idoko-Akoh 3 Nov 2023

Fall armyworms on march across Africa

Fall armyworms on march across Africa

Sora Halake 19 Jul 2017

Chinese overfishing threatens West African economies

Salem Solomon 19 Jul 2017

Urban wastewater for food security: Averting the next health crisis in Africa

Urban wastewater for food security: Averting the next health crisis in Africa

Christopher A. Scott 18 Jul 2017

#CSIMonth: An opportunity to use commercial enterprises to ensure global food security

#CSIMonth: An opportunity to use commercial enterprises to ensure global food security

Cari Coetzee 18 Jul 2017

Africa's tropical forests could be next in line as global food demand grows

Africa's tropical forests could be next in line as global food demand grows

Elsa Ordway 13 Jul 2017

ICRAF presents the role of evidence and improved soil management for land restoration in sub-Saharan Africa

Susan Onyango 12 Jul 2017

Food commodity prices to remain low over next decade - OECD, FAO

Food commodity prices to remain low over next decade - OECD, FAO

10 Jul 2017

Growing food in the post-truth era

Alana Mann 6 Jul 2017

Food economies at risk of distortion by formal sector grocery retail

Food economies at risk of distortion by formal sector grocery retail

6 Jul 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via WC_farming_climate_change_Kenya

How a lack of access to reliable weather data is hurting African farmers

Stephen Yeboah 5 Jul 2017

mute_gemini via

Global status of commercialised biotech/GM crops

4 Jul 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

Is southern Africa facing a food security disaster?

Alex Porter and Stellah Kwasi 29 Jun 2017

EkoFarmer: High-tech turnkey solution for businesses who want to grow their own

EkoFarmer: High-tech turnkey solution for businesses who want to grow their own

28 Jun 2017

Demonstration farms showcase agricultural techniques and technologies to improve crops. Flickr/Remi Nono-Womdim, FAO (Source: The Conversation)

Demonstration farms can help revolutionise African agriculture

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 27 Jun 2017

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Pursuing sustainable soil management to combat soil pollution

26 Jun 2017

Drought and jobless, hopeless youth, fertile grounds for extremism

Drought and jobless, hopeless youth, fertile grounds for extremism

26 Jun 2017

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

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Urban wastewater for food security: Averting the next health crisis in Africa

Urban wastewater for food security: Averting the next health crisis in Africa

Christopher A. Scott 18 Jul 2017

#CSIMonth: An opportunity to use commercial enterprises to ensure global food security

#CSIMonth: An opportunity to use commercial enterprises to ensure global food security

Cari Coetzee 18 Jul 2017

Africa's tropical forests could be next in line as global food demand grows

Africa's tropical forests could be next in line as global food demand grows

Elsa Ordway 13 Jul 2017

ICRAF presents the role of evidence and improved soil management for land restoration in sub-Saharan Africa

Susan Onyango 12 Jul 2017

Food commodity prices to remain low over next decade - OECD, FAO

Food commodity prices to remain low over next decade - OECD, FAO

10 Jul 2017

Growing food in the post-truth era

Alana Mann 6 Jul 2017

Food economies at risk of distortion by formal sector grocery retail

Food economies at risk of distortion by formal sector grocery retail

6 Jul 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via WC_farming_climate_change_Kenya

How a lack of access to reliable weather data is hurting African farmers

Stephen Yeboah 5 Jul 2017

mute_gemini via

Global status of commercialised biotech/GM crops

4 Jul 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

Is southern Africa facing a food security disaster?

Alex Porter and Stellah Kwasi 29 Jun 2017

EkoFarmer: High-tech turnkey solution for businesses who want to grow their own

EkoFarmer: High-tech turnkey solution for businesses who want to grow their own

28 Jun 2017

Demonstration farms showcase agricultural techniques and technologies to improve crops. Flickr/Remi Nono-Womdim, FAO (Source: The Conversation)

Demonstration farms can help revolutionise African agriculture

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 27 Jun 2017

7raysmarketing via

Pursuing sustainable soil management to combat soil pollution

26 Jun 2017

Drought and jobless, hopeless youth, fertile grounds for extremism

Drought and jobless, hopeless youth, fertile grounds for extremism

26 Jun 2017

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