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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

WorldFish, Norway collaborate on climate-smart aquaculture tech in Egypt

WorldFish, Norway collaborate on climate-smart aquaculture tech in Egypt

11 Jul 2023

Africa Agri Tech 2023 to spotlight agriculture, science and technology

Africa Agri Tech 2023 to spotlight agriculture, science and technology

17 Feb 2023

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CNN explores the impact of new tech on ag

3 May 2017

L-R: Paul Kapapula (Head of Sales Syngenta Zambia), Ernest Myburgh (Head of Syngenta Zambia), Anafrida Bwenge (Feed the Future Division Chief USAID Zambia), Ndekazi Olive Kaluwa (Private Sector Development Specialist USAID Zambia)

Partnership gives smallholders opportunity to become commercially viable vegetable farmers

2 May 2017

Young Africans create new roads for agriculture

Pius Sawa, Reuters 28 Apr 2017

Africa Rice Center via - Irrigation infrastructure to the Tutu inland valley for rice prodution

New FAO satellite tool helps African farmers optimise water productivity

24 Apr 2017

How Zambia could achieve breadbasket status

How Zambia could achieve breadbasket status

20 Apr 2017

US Department of State via

Agritech Expo Zambia to offer workshops on armyworm and aquaculture

10 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

Solar technology applied in an ingenious way

Solar technology applied in an ingenious way

27 Mar 2017

Africa's food security challenges driving technological innovation

Africa's food security challenges driving technological innovation

20 Mar 2017

mastensuncana via

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

Kate Holt/AusAID via

Three key ingredients to achieve food security in Africa

Nicolas Mounard 28 Feb 2017

Mobile weather platform unveiled for emerging markets

23 Feb 2017

US scientists develop new way to measure crop yields from space

Magdalena Mis 15 Feb 2017

Failure to help small farmers adapt will compromise future food production

14 Feb 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Is Africa really undergoing a smallholder agricultural revolution?

Brendan Brown and Ian Nuberg 8 Feb 2017

#WeatherWatch: Is La Niña on her way out?

#WeatherWatch: Is La Niña on her way out?

Piers Kenyon 6 Feb 2017

Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 3 Feb 2017

What does the future hold for Africa's farmers?

What does the future hold for Africa's farmers?

Daniel Pelz 1 Feb 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via

The smart way to help African farmers tackle climate change

Sophie Mbugua 24 Jan 2017

Youth are Africa's future ‘agripreneurs'

24 Jan 2017

African agriculture on the World Economic Forum annual meeting agenda

African agriculture on the World Economic Forum annual meeting agenda

16 Jan 2017

Tanzania to hold agricultural show in January

Tanzania to hold agricultural show in January

22 Dec 2016

Agritech Expo migrates to Tanzania

17 Nov 2016

Oxfam East Africa via

African nations have the will to adapt agriculture to climate change

Elwyn Grainger-Jones 16 Nov 2016

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Charlotte Hebebrand 10 Nov 2016

BASF East Africa team with Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries Hon. Willy Bett

New campaign helps farmers with the biggest job on earth

9 Nov 2016

Developing agricultural and energy security in rural Africa

Developing agricultural and energy security in rural Africa

28 Oct 2016

Modernising agricultural statistics crucial to reach 2030 Agenda

Modernising agricultural statistics crucial to reach 2030 Agenda

27 Oct 2016

Right technology is not always within reach for African farmers

Right technology is not always within reach for African farmers

Kristen Reesor 26 Oct 2016

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L-R: Paul Kapapula (Head of Sales Syngenta Zambia), Ernest Myburgh (Head of Syngenta Zambia), Anafrida Bwenge (Feed the Future Division Chief USAID Zambia), Ndekazi Olive Kaluwa (Private Sector Development Specialist USAID Zambia)

Partnership gives smallholders opportunity to become commercially viable vegetable farmers

2 May 2017

Young Africans create new roads for agriculture

Pius Sawa, Reuters 28 Apr 2017

Africa Rice Center via - Irrigation infrastructure to the Tutu inland valley for rice prodution

New FAO satellite tool helps African farmers optimise water productivity

24 Apr 2017

How Zambia could achieve breadbasket status

How Zambia could achieve breadbasket status

20 Apr 2017

US Department of State via

Agritech Expo Zambia to offer workshops on armyworm and aquaculture

10 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

Solar technology applied in an ingenious way

Solar technology applied in an ingenious way

27 Mar 2017

Africa's food security challenges driving technological innovation

Africa's food security challenges driving technological innovation

20 Mar 2017

mastensuncana via

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

Kate Holt/AusAID via

Three key ingredients to achieve food security in Africa

Nicolas Mounard 28 Feb 2017

Mobile weather platform unveiled for emerging markets

23 Feb 2017

US scientists develop new way to measure crop yields from space

Magdalena Mis 15 Feb 2017

Failure to help small farmers adapt will compromise future food production

14 Feb 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Is Africa really undergoing a smallholder agricultural revolution?

Brendan Brown and Ian Nuberg 8 Feb 2017

#WeatherWatch: Is La Niña on her way out?

#WeatherWatch: Is La Niña on her way out?

Piers Kenyon 6 Feb 2017

Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 3 Feb 2017

What does the future hold for Africa's farmers?

What does the future hold for Africa's farmers?

Daniel Pelz 1 Feb 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via

The smart way to help African farmers tackle climate change

Sophie Mbugua 24 Jan 2017

Youth are Africa's future ‘agripreneurs'

24 Jan 2017

African agriculture on the World Economic Forum annual meeting agenda

African agriculture on the World Economic Forum annual meeting agenda

16 Jan 2017

Tanzania to hold agricultural show in January

Tanzania to hold agricultural show in January

22 Dec 2016

Agritech Expo migrates to Tanzania

17 Nov 2016

Oxfam East Africa via

African nations have the will to adapt agriculture to climate change

Elwyn Grainger-Jones 16 Nov 2016

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Fertilisers can help African farmers battle climate change

Charlotte Hebebrand 10 Nov 2016

BASF East Africa team with Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries Hon. Willy Bett

New campaign helps farmers with the biggest job on earth

9 Nov 2016

Developing agricultural and energy security in rural Africa

Developing agricultural and energy security in rural Africa

28 Oct 2016

Modernising agricultural statistics crucial to reach 2030 Agenda

Modernising agricultural statistics crucial to reach 2030 Agenda

27 Oct 2016

Right technology is not always within reach for African farmers

Right technology is not always within reach for African farmers

Kristen Reesor 26 Oct 2016

Internet.org awards African innovation

Internet.org awards African innovation

3 Oct 2016

Bernard Gagnon via - Tef in Ethiopia

Ethiopia Soil Map arms farmers with new fertilisers in climate fight

Pius Sawa 30 Sep 2016

Mechanised agriculture essential in Sub-Saharan Africa

29 Sep 2016

Agrofood in North Africa: a strategic sector at nature's mercy

29 Sep 2016

Transforming agriculture critical to address food security, climate change challenges

27 Sep 2016

4th Addis Agrofood Exhibition in Ethiopia

4th Addis Agrofood Exhibition in Ethiopia

27 Sep 2016

cocoparisienne via

Crickets, birds, weather data combine to guide African farmers

Munyaradzi Makoni 26 Sep 2016

#AgriIndaba: turning pledges into businesses, boosting African agriculture

#AgriIndaba: turning pledges into businesses, boosting African agriculture

26 Sep 2016

Agribusiness congress comes to Kampala

22 Sep 2016

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Big Data and Africa's Green Revolution

Debisi Araba 21 Sep 2016

Dr Klaus Eckstein

#InnovationMonth: Bayer seed innovation to benefit the entire agriculture community

Cari Van Wyk 21 Sep 2016