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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

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

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Afrisoils programme launches in Africa to tackle soil productivity and degradation

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