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How the war in Ukraine will affect food prices

Agriculture

How the war in Ukraine will affect food prices

16 Mar 2022

Food insecurity is a "significant contributor to GBV"

ESG & Sustainability

Food insecurity is a "significant contributor to GBV"

6 Dec 2021

Agriculture

Are small farms the solution to food insecurity? Uganda study shows policies can get it wrong

Juan Pablo Rud, Diego Restuccia and Fernando Aragon Sanchez 2 Dec 2021

Low trust in authorities affects vaccine uptake: evidence from 22 African countries

Healthcare

Low trust in authorities affects vaccine uptake: evidence from 22 African countries

Jean-Francois Maystadt, Kalle Hirvonen & Nik Stoop 21 May 2021

Children are going hungry, and their futures are on the line. Evidence from Ghana

Agriculture

Children are going hungry, and their futures are on the line. Evidence from Ghana

16 Nov 2020

Grootvlei, Snake Park, an impoverished suburb on the fringe of one of the biggest mine dumps in Soweto, Johannesburg. Poor people have been hit hardest by the fallout of Covid-19. Mujahid Safodien/AFP via Getty Images

Finance

Who has been hit hardest by South Africa's lockdown? We found some answers

Channing Arndt & Sherman Robinson 12 Jun 2020

Ghana is still finding ways of maximising its oil wealth. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Energy & Mining

Ghana has tried to be responsible with its oil wealth. This is how

Emmanuel Graham, Ismael Ackah, Nathan Andrews & Ransford Edward 29 May 2020

Africa urged to expand food reserves, keep food supply flowing

Agriculture

Africa urged to expand food reserves, keep food supply flowing

28 May 2020

Build inclusive food systems to fight Covid-19

Agriculture

Build inclusive food systems to fight Covid-19

Wilson Odhiambo 4 May 2020

Shaping Africa's urban areas to withstand future pandemics

ESG & Sustainability

Shaping Africa's urban areas to withstand future pandemics

Astrid R.N. Haas 2 Apr 2020

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Marketing & Media

Why Africa's journalists aren't doing a good job on Covid-19

George Ogola 26 Mar 2020

Avocados in Kenya: What's holding back smallholder farmers

Agriculture

Avocados in Kenya: What's holding back smallholder farmers

Mulubrhan Amare 19 Feb 2020

Ethiopia is making maps to help improve soil health

Agriculture

Ethiopia is making maps to help improve soil health

Ermias Betemariam 5 Dec 2019

A woman and baby on a bicycle taxi in Salima, Malawi. Some Malawian men are becoming more involved in childcare. EPA-EFE

Healthcare

Malawi study highlights the importance of men in childcare and nutrition

19 Sep 2019

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Agriculture

To tackle climate change we need to rethink our food system

Kathleen Rogers and Dr Shenggen Fan 13 Aug 2019

Understanding the political economy of maize in Kenya

Agriculture

Understanding the political economy of maize in Kenya

Timothy Njagi Njeru 22 Jul 2019

What young Zambians have to say about making farming more attractive

Agriculture

What young Zambians have to say about making farming more attractive

Thomas Daum 23 Apr 2019

Cyclone Idai shows why long-term disaster resilience is so crucial

ESG & Sustainability

Cyclone Idai shows why long-term disaster resilience is so crucial

Channing Arndt and Claudia Ringler 5 Apr 2019

Cattle grazing on public lands near Steens Mountain, Oregon. ,

ESG & Sustainability

Yes, eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing the climate

Frank M. Mitloehner 26 Oct 2018

World hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is a cause

Agriculture

World hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is a cause

Jessica Eise and Kenneth Foster 23 Oct 2018

Energy & Mining

Why Nigeria urgently needs to grow non-oil exports

Channing Arndt 11 Sep 2018

Focusing on women and youth to transform agriculture

Agriculture

Focusing on women and youth to transform agriculture

Michael Hailu 23 Aug 2018

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Agriculture

Going beyond farm-to-fork to encourage healthier food systems

9 May 2018

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Agriculture

Nominations open for the 2018 Africa Food Prize

1 Feb 2018

Agriculture

Scientists are breeding super-nutritious crops to help solve global hunger

Heather Ohly, Nicola Lowe 23 Jan 2018

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Agriculture

Agriculture will be Africa's quiet revolution, says report

17 Jan 2018

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Agriculture

More people went hungry in Africa in 2017. But new initiatives also bore fruit

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 3 Jan 2018

Moving beyond the Green Revolution in Africa's new era of hunger

Agriculture

Moving beyond the Green Revolution in Africa's new era of hunger

Calestous Juma 7 Dec 2017

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Agriculture

What needs to be done to give Africa's smallholder farmers access to machinery

Thomas Daum, Regina Birner 22 Nov 2017

Africa has focused on tackling undernutrition caused by low calorie diets. IFPRI

ESG & Sustainability

Seven African countries show how the battle against malnutrition can be won

Sheryl L Hendriks, Katrin Glatzel, Ousmane Badiane 27 Oct 2017

Agriculture

CGIAR wants to build a big data platform and innovate with startups to help smallholder farmers

11 Oct 2017

Agriculture

Climate smart crops: A necessity for future food and nutrition security

Bev Postma 12 Sep 2017

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Agriculture

African agribusiness and smallholders must seize opportunities in potential $1 trillion food market

7 Sep 2017

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

Agriculture

Demonstration farms can help revolutionise African agriculture

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 27 Jun 2017

Technology, like this tea-picking machine in Kenya, can harness agriculture’s power to change lives. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Agriculture

Science has the power to boost farming in Africa. But a lot has to change

Frans Swanepoel 19 Jun 2017

BRICS countries have an important role to play in achieving SDGs

Agriculture

BRICS countries have an important role to play in achieving SDGs

20 Jun 2017

Chad is the country most vulnerable to climate change - here's why

ESG & Sustainability

Chad is the country most vulnerable to climate change - here's why

Hakim Abdi 14 Jun 2017

Why South Africa's social grants aren't eradicating malnutrition

ESG & Sustainability

Why South Africa's social grants aren't eradicating malnutrition

Stephen Devereux 3 Apr 2017

Agriculture

Strong rural-urban linkages needed to meet rising urban food demand

29 Mar 2017

Agriculture

How urbanisation can benefit farmers

28 Mar 2017

USAID via - Woman watering crops in Morogoro, Tanzania

Agriculture

Invisible irrigators: how small-scale Tanzanian farmers are making a difference

Phil Woodhouse 25 Jan 2017

. Photograph: Yousef Eldin

Agriculture

FAO pushing ahead with digital strategy to equip farmers with ICT

24 Jan 2017

Marketing & Media

Call for agriculture to be central to Africa's development

9 Dec 2016

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

Agriculture

New campaign helps farmers with the biggest job on earth

9 Nov 2016

- Photo: The New Times

Agriculture

Big Data and Africa's Green Revolution

Debisi Araba 21 Sep 2016

- Simnai and Phillip Tshuma, smallholder farmers from Hwange, Zimbabwe, show off their sorghum crop planted using fertilizers. Photo: Busani Bafana

Agriculture

Innovative use of fertilisers revives hope for Africa's Green Revolution

Busani Bafana 5 Sep 2016

What's driving sub-Saharan Africa's malnutrition problem?

ESG & Sustainability

What's driving sub-Saharan Africa's malnutrition problem?

Jane Battersby 3 Mar 2016

Yara Prize awards African change agents

Agriculture

Yara Prize awards African change agents

29 Sep 2015

[Climate changing the face of agriculture]: Part 2 - Farmers fight against climate change

Agriculture

[Climate changing the face of agriculture]: Part 2 - Farmers fight against climate change

Rudi Massyn 3 Jul 2014

Subsidies and GM crops back on food policy menu

Agriculture

Subsidies and GM crops back on food policy menu

Jaspreet Kindra 11 Apr 2013