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Stephen Ausmus via - Bemisia tabaci, Africa’s main cassava insect pest

Africa's most notorious insects: The bugs that hit agriculture the hardest

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 5 Sep 2017

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Closing the gap between the youth and agriculture in Africa

Thapelo Moleleki 5 Sep 2017

SACAU joining AGRF to discuss ways of moving African agriculture forward

SACAU joining AGRF to discuss ways of moving African agriculture forward

5 Sep 2017

AfDB wants greater focus on implementation, as African Green Revolution Forum begins in Abidjan

AfDB wants greater focus on implementation, as African Green Revolution Forum begins in Abidjan

4 Sep 2017

Public, private sector leadership push for more inclusive vision in African development agenda

Public, private sector leadership push for more inclusive vision in African development agenda

1 Sep 2017

Scientists make breakthrough in fight against cassava diseases

Scientists make breakthrough in fight against cassava diseases

Masembe Tambwe 29 Aug 2017

FredD via - Fishermen on their traditional boats near Shimoni (Kenya)

What Kenya's government can do to protect, and benefit from, ocean resources

David Obura 28 Aug 2017

CNN Marketplace Africa exploring the sustainable future of farming in Africa

25 Aug 2017

Agriculture a culprit in global warming, says US research

Agriculture a culprit in global warming, says US research

Ellen Wulfhorst 25 Aug 2017

Alien animals and plants are on the rise in Africa, exacting a growing toll

Alien animals and plants are on the rise in Africa, exacting a growing toll

Katelyn Faulkner, Brett Hurley & Mark Robertson 24 Aug 2017

What sub-Sahara can learn from India's 'Green revolution': the good and the bad

What sub-Sahara can learn from India's 'Green revolution': the good and the bad

Renu MODI 23 Aug 2017

Africa among high rainfall-related soil erosion zones

Africa among high rainfall-related soil erosion zones

Madhukara Putty 23 Aug 2017

Kitchen gardens cultivate bond between refugees, Kenyan hosts

Benson Rioba 22 Aug 2017

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Simple concoction found to halt Fall armyworm

Dimo Silva 21 Aug 2017

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AfDB wants greater focus on implementation, as African Green Revolution Forum begins in Abidjan

AfDB wants greater focus on implementation, as African Green Revolution Forum begins in Abidjan

4 Sep 2017

Public, private sector leadership push for more inclusive vision in African development agenda

Public, private sector leadership push for more inclusive vision in African development agenda

1 Sep 2017

Scientists make breakthrough in fight against cassava diseases

Scientists make breakthrough in fight against cassava diseases

Masembe Tambwe 29 Aug 2017

FredD via - Fishermen on their traditional boats near Shimoni (Kenya)

What Kenya's government can do to protect, and benefit from, ocean resources

David Obura 28 Aug 2017

CNN Marketplace Africa exploring the sustainable future of farming in Africa

25 Aug 2017

Agriculture a culprit in global warming, says US research

Agriculture a culprit in global warming, says US research

Ellen Wulfhorst 25 Aug 2017

Alien animals and plants are on the rise in Africa, exacting a growing toll

Alien animals and plants are on the rise in Africa, exacting a growing toll

Katelyn Faulkner, Brett Hurley & Mark Robertson 24 Aug 2017

What sub-Sahara can learn from India's 'Green revolution': the good and the bad

What sub-Sahara can learn from India's 'Green revolution': the good and the bad

Renu MODI 23 Aug 2017

Africa among high rainfall-related soil erosion zones

Africa among high rainfall-related soil erosion zones

Madhukara Putty 23 Aug 2017

Kitchen gardens cultivate bond between refugees, Kenyan hosts

Benson Rioba 22 Aug 2017

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Simple concoction found to halt Fall armyworm

Dimo Silva 21 Aug 2017

Conference calls for greater land ownership rights for women in Africa

Conference calls for greater land ownership rights for women in Africa

18 Aug 2017

Niger to boost poultry farming with mobile kits

Ahmed Tahir Ajobe 18 Aug 2017

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'Recovery lending' helps disaster-stricken farmers get back on track

Robert Kibet 16 Aug 2017

New study: Pesticides increase extinction risk for bumblebee populations

Mark Brown 16 Aug 2017

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How some African farmers are responding to climate change and what we can learn from them

15 Aug 2017

Forest conservation approaches must recognise the rights of local people

Forest conservation approaches must recognise the rights of local people

Sarobidy Rakotonarivo and Neal Hockley 11 Aug 2017

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Researchers: Artificial intelligence can help fight deforestation

Umberto Bacchi 3 Aug 2017

With more than one crop, farmers weather armyworm attacks

With more than one crop, farmers weather armyworm attacks

Kagondu Njagi 2 Aug 2017

Are you Egypt's next top social entrepreneur?

Are you Egypt's next top social entrepreneur?

1 Aug 2017

Organic farming gains popularity

Constantine Akitanda 24 Jul 2017

#CSIMonth: How the Seychelles is restoring its marine ecosystem through coral farming

24 Jul 2017

New approaches and sustainable partnerships will enhance food security in Africa

New approaches and sustainable partnerships will enhance food security in Africa

Wessel Lemmer 24 Jul 2017

AGCO Future Farm Training centre. (Source: AGCO Corporation)

AGCO Future Farm hosts young agripreneurs for mechanisation and business workshops

20 Jul 2017

The 2017 Resolution Social Venture Challenge winners

Winners of Resolution Social Venture Challenge agents of change in their communities

20 Jul 2017

Fall armyworms on march across Africa

Fall armyworms on march across Africa

Sora Halake 19 Jul 2017

Chinese overfishing threatens West African economies

Salem Solomon 19 Jul 2017

Urban wastewater for food security: Averting the next health crisis in Africa

Urban wastewater for food security: Averting the next health crisis in Africa

Christopher A. Scott 18 Jul 2017

#CSIMonth: An opportunity to use commercial enterprises to ensure global food security

#CSIMonth: An opportunity to use commercial enterprises to ensure global food security

Cari Coetzee 18 Jul 2017

Africa's tropical forests could be next in line as global food demand grows

Africa's tropical forests could be next in line as global food demand grows

Elsa Ordway 13 Jul 2017

ICRAF presents the role of evidence and improved soil management for land restoration in sub-Saharan Africa

Susan Onyango 12 Jul 2017

Ton Rulkens via - Ancuabe district of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique (2011)

New project to transform forest management in Mozambique

12 Jul 2017

Smallholder farmers in Kenya in the race against climate change

Susan Onyango 11 Jul 2017

Food commodity prices to remain low over next decade - OECD, FAO

Food commodity prices to remain low over next decade - OECD, FAO

10 Jul 2017

Growing food in the post-truth era

Alana Mann 6 Jul 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via WC_farming_climate_change_Kenya

How a lack of access to reliable weather data is hurting African farmers

Stephen Yeboah 5 Jul 2017

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Global status of commercialised biotech/GM crops

4 Jul 2017

EkoFarmer: High-tech turnkey solution for businesses who want to grow their own

EkoFarmer: High-tech turnkey solution for businesses who want to grow their own

28 Jun 2017

Demonstration farms showcase agricultural techniques and technologies to improve crops. Flickr/Remi Nono-Womdim, FAO (Source: The Conversation)

Demonstration farms can help revolutionise African agriculture

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 27 Jun 2017

Drought and jobless, hopeless youth, fertile grounds for extremism

Drought and jobless, hopeless youth, fertile grounds for extremism

26 Jun 2017