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Factbox: From new beans to ancient plants, drought-busting crops take root

Anastasia Moloney 13 Mar 2017

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Insurance vital, but no magic bullet to fight drought in Africa

Alex Whiting 10 Mar 2017

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Could 'resurrection' crops survive drought and feed a hungry planet?

Peter Lykke Lind 9 Mar 2017

Having a story to tell helps your commodity become a brand

Brian Berkman 7 Mar 2017

MasterCard assists 1.1 million African smallholder farmers

7 Mar 2017

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AfDB takes agricultural transformation discourse to India, cradle of Green Revolution

2 Mar 2017

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Three key ingredients to achieve food security in Africa

Nicolas Mounard 28 Feb 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via - Olivia Gimbo holds up her family's supply of food for the week in Epworth, Harare.

Global future food security in jeopardy warns FAO report

22 Feb 2017

Bird flu in Uganda highlights gaps in Africa's plans to manage pandemics

Jeanette Dawa 15 Feb 2017

Carl Davies, CSIRO via - Cowpeas are a staple food and an important source of protein for over200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa.

Pulses, powerful allies in achieving Sustainable Development Goals

13 Feb 2017

Why the US has a lot to gain from investing in Africa's agri-food systems

Why the US has a lot to gain from investing in Africa's agri-food systems

Thomas Jayne 7 Feb 2017

Eating insects has long made sense in Africa. The world must catch up

Eating insects has long made sense in Africa. The world must catch up

Saliou Niassy, Sunday Ekesi 24 Jan 2017

diego_cue via - Train on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe

Overland freight costs strangle trade with neighbours, study shows

Karl Gernetzky 6 Jan 2017

Strengthening capacity of livestock interventions in crises

6 Dec 2016

Access to trade and information is of great interest to the agricultural community

Access to trade and information is of great interest to the agricultural community

29 Nov 2016

Smoking and sustainability: tobacco farming in Southern Africa

Professor Andreas Freytag 18 Nov 2016

ASEAN market seeks to increase bilateral trade with Africa

ASEAN market seeks to increase bilateral trade with Africa

11 Nov 2016

Organic farming gets a bad rap - why it shouldn't

Organic farming gets a bad rap - why it shouldn't

Raymond Auerbach 1 Nov 2016

Developing agricultural and energy security in rural Africa

Developing agricultural and energy security in rural Africa

28 Oct 2016

Grain Council calls for sensitisation on rules of origin

Grain Council calls for sensitisation on rules of origin

John Mbaraga 24 Oct 2016

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AnnaJB via - Intercropping maize and beans

Factbox: From new beans to ancient plants, drought-busting crops take root

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Alex Whiting 10 Mar 2017

mastensuncana via

Could 'resurrection' crops survive drought and feed a hungry planet?

Peter Lykke Lind 9 Mar 2017

Having a story to tell helps your commodity become a brand

Brian Berkman 7 Mar 2017

MasterCard assists 1.1 million African smallholder farmers

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sarangib via - Cassava

AfDB takes agricultural transformation discourse to India, cradle of Green Revolution

2 Mar 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via

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Nicolas Mounard 28 Feb 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via - Olivia Gimbo holds up her family's supply of food for the week in Epworth, Harare.

Global future food security in jeopardy warns FAO report

22 Feb 2017

Bird flu in Uganda highlights gaps in Africa's plans to manage pandemics

Jeanette Dawa 15 Feb 2017

Carl Davies, CSIRO via - Cowpeas are a staple food and an important source of protein for over200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa.

Pulses, powerful allies in achieving Sustainable Development Goals

13 Feb 2017

Why the US has a lot to gain from investing in Africa's agri-food systems

Why the US has a lot to gain from investing in Africa's agri-food systems

Thomas Jayne 7 Feb 2017

Eating insects has long made sense in Africa. The world must catch up

Eating insects has long made sense in Africa. The world must catch up

Saliou Niassy, Sunday Ekesi 24 Jan 2017

diego_cue via - Train on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe

Overland freight costs strangle trade with neighbours, study shows

Karl Gernetzky 6 Jan 2017

Strengthening capacity of livestock interventions in crises

6 Dec 2016

Access to trade and information is of great interest to the agricultural community

Access to trade and information is of great interest to the agricultural community

29 Nov 2016

Smoking and sustainability: tobacco farming in Southern Africa

Professor Andreas Freytag 18 Nov 2016

ASEAN market seeks to increase bilateral trade with Africa

ASEAN market seeks to increase bilateral trade with Africa

11 Nov 2016

Organic farming gets a bad rap - why it shouldn't

Organic farming gets a bad rap - why it shouldn't

Raymond Auerbach 1 Nov 2016

Developing agricultural and energy security in rural Africa

Developing agricultural and energy security in rural Africa

28 Oct 2016

Grain Council calls for sensitisation on rules of origin

Grain Council calls for sensitisation on rules of origin

John Mbaraga 24 Oct 2016

Why farmers respond differently to higher food prices?

Why farmers respond differently to higher food prices?

Jomo Kwame Sundaram 21 Oct 2016

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Better livestock policies in Africa offer a pathway out of poverty

Thumbi Mwangi 13 Oct 2016

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Sweet potato gains more importance

Michael J. Ssali 12 Oct 2016

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3 Oct 2016

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

29 Sep 2016

4th Addis Agrofood Exhibition in Ethiopia

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27 Sep 2016

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

Cari Van Wyk 21 Sep 2016

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Effective implementation of global anti-rogue fishing treaty needed

19 Sep 2016

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Deals that can break poverty cycle afflicting local farmers

Edel Were 15 Sep 2016

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FAO raises its world cereal production forecast

12 Sep 2016

Agriculture contribution to GDP in Africa declining

Kennedy Kangethe 7 Sep 2016

- Prospectors pan for gold at a gold mine on a cocoa farm near Bouafle, Ivory Coast in March. A gold rush in the Ivory Coast and Ghana threatens cocoa production in the two nations, which account for 60 percent of the world's supply of cocoa. Luc Gnago / Reuters

Ivory Coast cocoa farmers seek gold in face of drought

5 Sep 2016

Tanzania ventures into new farming technology to boost rice production

29 Aug 2016

You are what you eat: congress to address food and nutrition challenges

You are what you eat: congress to address food and nutrition challenges

26 Aug 2016

Finding opportunities in currency devaluation

Finding opportunities in currency devaluation

Heleen Goussard, Nicholas Olds 17 Aug 2016

Jacques Junior Baril - Image: Le Journal de Montreal

Continental collaboration important to produce in agriculture

15 Aug 2016

Tru-Cape's successful harvest tempered by currency volatility

Tru-Cape's successful harvest tempered by currency volatility

27 Jul 2016

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

15 Jul 2016

ENOUGH: Global food production under threat, innovation needed

ENOUGH: Global food production under threat, innovation needed

13 Jul 2016

USAID Africa Bureau

$24 billion investment boost for African agriculture

1 Jul 2016