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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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    How Nigeria's Thrive Agric is crowdfunding farmers

      13 Feb 2018

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      12 Feb 2018

    Francis Hannaway via
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    Namibia faces fresh armyworm outbreak

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    Bjvisser via - Ethiopian farmer at work on his land.
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      6 Feb 2018

    Ancient grains become modern food
    Ancient grains become modern food

      5 Feb 2018

    CIAT via
    East Africa leads in agriculture targets

      5 Feb 2018

    Princelee Ocheme via
    Nominations open for the 2018 Africa Food Prize

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    2DU Kenya 84 via
    First Malabo Biennial Report: More needs to be done to address threats of climate change to farmers and food security

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    Tenisnaps via . Cassava farmer arranges his tubers in line while he waits for buyers.
    Protecting cassava from disease? There's an app for that

      30 Jan 2018

    January disease kills 2,000 cattle
    January disease kills 2,000 cattle

      30 Jan 2018

    Crop munching pest in Africa raises hunger threat
    Crop munching pest in Africa raises hunger threat

      29 Jan 2018

    Tapiwa Zvakavapano via - Villagers working on the land in Bedza Village, Buhera, Zimbabwe
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      24 Jan 2018

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    24 Jan 2018

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    Scientists are breeding super-nutritious crops to help solve global hunger

      23 Jan 2018

    Dizaphotographer via
    International community must work together to achieve a sustainable, low-carbon livestock industry

    22 Jan 2018

    Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system
    Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system

      16 Jan 2018

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      15 Jan 2018

    Scientists: Warming oceans could scupper marine food system
    Scientists: Warming oceans could scupper marine food system

      11 Jan 2018

    Ready or not, technology rings the changes for African agricultural sector
    Ready or not, technology rings the changes for African agricultural sector

      11 Jan 2018

    AAC Executive Director Ben Leyka. Image Source:
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    10 Jan 2018

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    Official: One million farmers grow bio-fortified crops in Nigeria

    10 Jan 2018

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      9 Jan 2018

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    #BizTrends2018: Investing in efficiency of Africa's small-scale farmers a game changer

      8 Jan 2018

    CIAT via
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      5 Jan 2018

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      4 Jan 2018

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      3 Jan 2018

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    SADC needs armyworm control funds

      13 Dec 2017

    East Africa region urged to adopt GMOs to boost food security
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      11 Dec 2017

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     8 Feb 2018

    Bjvisser via - Ethiopian farmer at work on his land.
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     6 Feb 2018

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    Ancient grains become modern food

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    Princelee Ocheme via
    Nominations open for the 2018 Africa Food Prize

    1 Feb 2018

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    First Malabo Biennial Report: More needs to be done to address threats of climate change to farmers and food security

    1 Feb 2018

    Tenisnaps via . Cassava farmer arranges his tubers in line while he waits for buyers.
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     30 Jan 2018

    January disease kills 2,000 cattle
    January disease kills 2,000 cattle

     30 Jan 2018

    Crop munching pest in Africa raises hunger threat
    Crop munching pest in Africa raises hunger threat

     29 Jan 2018

    Tapiwa Zvakavapano via - Villagers working on the land in Bedza Village, Buhera, Zimbabwe
    Ten priorities for getting agriculture moving in Zimbabwe

     24 Jan 2018

    BjoernSchrempp via
    New wheat breeding programme cuts a decade off new varieties

    24 Jan 2018

    zcf428526 via
    Scientists are breeding super-nutritious crops to help solve global hunger

     23 Jan 2018

    Dizaphotographer via
    International community must work together to achieve a sustainable, low-carbon livestock industry

    22 Jan 2018

    Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system
    Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system

     16 Jan 2018

    canonfan via
    Study: Honeybees' attraction to fungicide 'unsettling' for food output

     15 Jan 2018

    Scientists: Warming oceans could scupper marine food system
    Scientists: Warming oceans could scupper marine food system

     11 Jan 2018

    Ready or not, technology rings the changes for African agricultural sector
    Ready or not, technology rings the changes for African agricultural sector

     11 Jan 2018

    AAC Executive Director Ben Leyka. Image Source:
    Planting the seeds of growth

    10 Jan 2018

    auntmasako via
    Official: One million farmers grow bio-fortified crops in Nigeria

    10 Jan 2018

    SuSanA Secretariat via
    Settling the land compensation issue is vital for Zimbabwe's economy

     9 Jan 2018

    #BizTrends2018: Investing in efficiency of Africa's small-scale farmers a game changer
    #BizTrends2018: Investing in efficiency of Africa's small-scale farmers a game changer

     8 Jan 2018

    CIAT via
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     5 Jan 2018

    josealbafotos via
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     4 Jan 2018

    Eyibeauty Oyelowo via
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     3 Jan 2018

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    SADC needs armyworm control funds

     13 Dec 2017

    East Africa region urged to adopt GMOs to boost food security
    East Africa region urged to adopt GMOs to boost food security

     11 Dec 2017

    Nicholas.gosse via - Olive tree plantation in Tunisia. Olive oil is Tunisia’s largest agricultural export.
    Africa's top 10 most food-secure countries

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