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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

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Lab-grown meat techniques aren't new but bringing them up to scale will require further development

Lab-grown meat techniques aren't new but bringing them up to scale will require further development

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Nigeria's Farmcrowdy wins Digital Business of the Year Award

Nigeria's Farmcrowdy wins Digital Business of the Year Award

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Listeriosis can be rallying call for the industry

Listeriosis can be rallying call for the industry

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Beninese, Nigerian startups selected for Food Connection Challenge

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Why it's time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

Why it's time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

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Water requirements of livestock: 7 factors to consider

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Diversify sweet potato to entice youth to agriculture

Diversify sweet potato to entice youth to agriculture

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Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47%

Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47%

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Key insights into the global lemon market

Key insights into the global lemon market

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Agribusiness Confidence Index: SA agribusiness remains optimistic albeit index decline

Agribusiness Confidence Index: SA agribusiness remains optimistic albeit index decline

18 Jun 2018

Afrisoils programme launches in Africa to tackle soil productivity and degradation

Afrisoils programme launches in Africa to tackle soil productivity and degradation

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Repositioning family farming in global agriculture

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Climate change will make rice less nutritious, putting millions of the world's poor at risk

Kristie Ebi 13 Jun 2018

Mauritius and South Africa sign MoU on fisheries

Mauritius and South Africa sign MoU on fisheries

13 Jun 2018

FAO's how-to guide to transforming food and agriculture

FAO's how-to guide to transforming food and agriculture

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New app uLima will optimise the farming potential of Africa

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Mainstreaming biodiversity crucial for securing global food security

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Africa dedicated to finding solutions to Fall armyworm threat

Africa dedicated to finding solutions to Fall armyworm threat

29 May 2018

Peatuce simplifies farming operations, improves food trade in Africa

Peatuce simplifies farming operations, improves food trade in Africa

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From camels to catfish, Algeria boosts fish farming in the Sahara Desert

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These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

Yi Li 23 May 2018

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Cattle used as currency in southern Africa

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Toward sustainable ammonia production

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More scientists, researchers needed for interdisciplinary plant disease research network

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Data-bait: Using tech to hook globe's multi-billion-dollar fishing cheats

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Study highlights agriculture's potential to promote economic development and transformation

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Can meat exports be made humane? Here are three key strategies

Can meat exports be made humane? Here are three key strategies

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Exploring the best tactics to combat Fall armyworm outbreaks in Africa

Saliou Niassy, Sevgan Subramanian 10 May 2018