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ESG & Sustainability
Giraffes could go extinct - the 5 biggest threats they face

Derek E. Lee 3 Nov 2023

File photo: Ngagati Namaiduk from the Maasai pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to the failed rainy season, walks past his emaciated cattle during a dried-hay feeding program at their manyatta (traditional homestead) near Ilbisil settlement of Kajiado, Kenya 17 October 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo/File Photo
ESG & Sustainability
Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change - study

Gloria Dickie 28 Apr 2023

Climate change is already hitting Africa's livestock - here's how to address the risks
Agriculture
Climate change is already hitting Africa's livestock - here's how to address the risks

Polly Ericksen and Laura Cramer 4 Nov 2022

Empowering women to boost Africa's water security
ESG & Sustainability
Empowering women to boost Africa's water security

Caroline Mwongera 26 Sep 2022

High Court halts construction of Amazon HQ on sacred land
Construction & Engineering
High Court halts construction of Amazon HQ on sacred land

Wendell Roelf and Alexander Winning 22 Mar 2022

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Agriculture
Rethinking risk can unshackle Africa's small scale farmers from the grip of poor weather

24 Feb 2022

Members of the Khoi, an indigenous group, picket outside the high court during a hearing, opposing housing development for the new Africa headquarters of U.S. retail giant Amazon, in Cape Town. Reuters/Shafiek Tassiem
Legal
SA court postpones ruling on objection to Amazon HQ on sacred land

Shafiek Tassiem, Wendell Roelf and Tim Cocks 24 Jan 2022

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Agriculture
FAO, partners' high-tech response to help win fight against desert locust swarms

11 May 2021

Disasters take heavy toll on agri-food systems as new threats emerge
Agriculture
Disasters take heavy toll on agri-food systems as new threats emerge

23 Mar 2021

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Agriculture
How AI is helping African farmers in the fight against locust upsurge

7 Jan 2021

Maria Helena Semedo, deputy director-general, UN FAO
Agriculture
We must act now to avert an imminent food crisis in Africa

Maria Helena Semedo 30 Jun 2020

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Agriculture
#Covid19: Keeping Africa fed as the disease bites

Qu Dongyu, Josefa Sacko and Thokozile Didiza 5 May 2020

Food For Mzansi, Grobank hosted free webinar
Agriculture
Food For Mzansi, Grobank hosted free webinar

Issued by Grobank Limited 15 Apr 2020

Lake Turkana Wind Power turbines. LTW
Energy & Mining
How Kenya's mega wind power project is hurting communities

Zoe Cormack 3 Sep 2019

How digital technologies can help Africa's smallholder farmers
Agriculture
How digital technologies can help Africa's smallholder farmers

15 Jul 2019

Kenya social entrepreneur wins Commonwealth secretary-general's innovation award
Agriculture
Kenya social entrepreneur wins Commonwealth secretary-general's innovation award

12 Jul 2019

Tap digital solutions to transform Africa's agriculture
Agriculture
Tap digital solutions to transform Africa's agriculture

Laura Owings 8 Jul 2019

New report: Digital services to transform African agriculture
Agriculture
New report: Digital services to transform African agriculture

24 Jun 2019

Agricultural innovation needed to improve farmers' resilience to drought, says FAO
Agriculture
Agricultural innovation needed to improve farmers' resilience to drought, says FAO

18 Jun 2019

How Kenya's pastoralists are coping with changes in weather patterns
Agriculture
How Kenya's pastoralists are coping with changes in weather patterns

Michael Okoti 2 May 2019

Dams can mimic the free flow of rivers, but risks must be managed
Construction & Engineering
Dams can mimic the free flow of rivers, but risks must be managed

Matthew McCartney and Fritz Kleinschroth 14 Feb 2019

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Agriculture
Nigeria's depleting fish stocks may pose a threat to regional security

Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood 13 Dec 2018

How to utilise livestock to propel sustainable development
Agriculture
How to utilise livestock to propel sustainable development

19 Oct 2018

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Energy & Mining
Oil discoveries in Turkana six years ago haven't delivered benefits for women

Kennedy Mkutu 2 Aug 2018

39 countries hit by severe food insecurity
Agriculture
39 countries hit by severe food insecurity

11 Jun 2018

Helping smallholders participate in the rise of agribusiness in Africa
Agriculture
Helping smallholders participate in the rise of agribusiness in Africa

4 Jun 2018

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Agriculture
Mainstreaming biodiversity crucial for securing global food security

31 May 2018

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Agriculture
Strengthening the role of family and small-scale farmers in scaling up agroecology

6 Apr 2018

Harvey Barrison via
Agriculture
Mobile app to help pastoralists find pasture is here

1 Feb 2018

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Agriculture
International community must work together to achieve a sustainable, low-carbon livestock industry

22 Jan 2018

Tapping nation's irrigation potential
Agriculture
Tapping nation's irrigation potential

Tewodros Kassa 27 Dec 2017

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Agriculture
Agriculture and food systems will play a fundamental role in mitigating climate change

15 Nov 2017

José Graziano da Silva, director-general, FAO. ©FAO/Alessandra Benedetti.
Agriculture
FAO director-general calls for renewed commitment to zero tolerance on food loss, waste

22 Sep 2017

Protecting Africa's drylands key to the continent's future
Agriculture
Protecting Africa's drylands key to the continent's future

Sam Otieno 7 Sep 2017

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

15 Aug 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

Collective land tenure is under threat in Kenya. Why it needs to be protected
Agriculture
Collective land tenure is under threat in Kenya. Why it needs to be protected

Timothy Njagi Njeru 28 Mar 2017

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Agriculture
Three key ingredients to achieve food security in Africa

Nicolas Mounard 28 Feb 2017

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Marketing & Media
Drought pushing food prices up sharply in East Africa

21 Feb 2017

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Agriculture
Food prices approaching record highs in East Africa due to drought

15 Feb 2017

Eco-huts attract tourists and cash to Kenyan herding communities
Tourism & Travel
Eco-huts attract tourists and cash to Kenyan herding communities

Benson Rioba 24 Jan 2017

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Agriculture
FAO pushing ahead with digital strategy to equip farmers with ICT

24 Jan 2017

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Marketing & Media
New drought risks in Ethiopia put recovery at risk

23 Jan 2017

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Entrepreneurship
11 African startups among world's top 100 social tech innovations

Gabriella Mulligan 6 Jan 2017

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Agriculture
Strengthening capacity of livestock interventions in crises

6 Dec 2016

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Agriculture
Climate is changing and so must food and agriculture

17 Oct 2016

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Agriculture
Seed distribution campaign strengthens Ethiopia's resilience in face of drought

10 Oct 2016

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Healthcare
Research shows significance of ecogeography in Khoisan genetics

8 Sep 2016

USAID Africa Bureau via
Agriculture
A race against time: ensuring farming support in drought-ravaged Southern Africa

29 Jul 2016

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Marketing & Media
Race against time in drought-ravaged Southern Africa

29 Jul 2016

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