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Maltento opens new insect biotech lab in Cape Town
Agriculture
Maltento opens new insect biotech lab in Cape Town

23 Apr 2024

From beer waste to pet food: Maltento's innovative approach to recycling
Agriculture
From beer waste to pet food: Maltento's innovative approach to recycling

6 Feb 2024

How agriculture can make the most of one of the world’s biggest carbon sink, soil
Agriculture
How agriculture can make the most of one of the world’s biggest carbon sink, soil

Rémi Cardinael, Armwell Shumba and Vira Leng 7 Dec 2023

UK sets out support to make Nigeria's agriculture sector more climate- resilient
Agriculture
UK sets out support to make Nigeria's agriculture sector more climate- resilient

Muvija M and MacDonald Dzirutwe 1 Aug 2023

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming
Agriculture
Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Christopher Oluwakunmi Akinbile 22 Jun 2023

Forestry: The surprise weapon in the fight against climate change
Agriculture
Forestry: The surprise weapon in the fight against climate change

18 Mar 2022

Storytelling event spotlights achievements in African agricultural research
Agriculture
Storytelling event spotlights achievements in African agricultural research

20 Jan 2022

A food systems approach: Setting the table to address agriculture's triple challenge
Agriculture
A food systems approach: Setting the table to address agriculture's triple challenge

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 1 Dec 2021

Sustainable dairy farming is also good for the bottom line
Agriculture
Sustainable dairy farming is also good for the bottom line

John Hudson 11 Oct 2021

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them
Agriculture
Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Philip Tetteh Quarshie and Evan Fraser 27 Sep 2021

Africa's green revolution initiative has faltered: Why other ways must be found
Agriculture
Africa's green revolution initiative has faltered: Why other ways must be found

Timothy A. Wise 16 Sep 2021

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste
Agriculture
We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

Kamran Mahroof and Sankar Sivarajah 19 Aug 2021

Ghana's farmers aren't all seeing the fruits of a Green Revolution
Agriculture
Ghana's farmers aren't all seeing the fruits of a Green Revolution

17 Jun 2021

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture
Agriculture
New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Anja Gassner, Philip Dobie and Terry Sunderland 7 Jun 2021

'Sacred forests' in West Africa capture carbon and keep soil healthy
Agriculture
'Sacred forests' in West Africa capture carbon and keep soil healthy

Michele Francis 9 Apr 2021

To what extent does climate change affect food insecurity? What we found in Lesotho
Agriculture
To what extent does climate change affect food insecurity? What we found in Lesotho

Friederike Otto and Jasper Verschuur 16 Mar 2021

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture
Agriculture
New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Anja Gassner, Philip Dobie and Terry Sunderland 4 Feb 2021

Tractors can change farming in good ways and bad: lessons from four African countries
Agriculture
Tractors can change farming in good ways and bad: lessons from four African countries

Thomas Daum 29 Dec 2020

South Africa's land reform policies need to embrace social, economic and ecological sustainability
Property
South Africa's land reform policies need to embrace social, economic and ecological sustainability

23 Sep 2020

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Agriculture
A look at sustainable farming trends in South Africa

Claudi Nortjé 12 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

Rome Summit takes bold step toward agroecology
Agriculture
Rome Summit takes bold step toward agroecology

Timothy A. Wise 29 Oct 2019

Crop leftovers can store huge amounts of carbon: insights from Uganda
Agriculture
Crop leftovers can store huge amounts of carbon: insights from Uganda

15 Oct 2019

Western Cape shrub could help turn Australia's arid land into green pasture
Agriculture
Western Cape shrub could help turn Australia's arid land into green pasture

30 Sep 2019

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Agriculture
Soil health: Feeding the world, protecting the earth

Venessa Moodley 8 Aug 2019

Agroecology as innovation
Agriculture
Agroecology as innovation

Timothy A. Wise 11 Jul 2019

Smallholder crop farming is on the decline in South Africa. Why it matters
Agriculture
Smallholder crop farming is on the decline in South Africa. Why it matters

Charlie Shackleton 4 Jul 2019

Global Out of Home Media 'goes green' with solar site in Cameroon
Marketing & Media
Global Out of Home Media 'goes green' with solar site in Cameroon

Issued by Provantage 18 Jun 2019

Three ways cities can help feed the world, without costing the Earth
Agriculture
Three ways cities can help feed the world, without costing the Earth

Silvio Caputo 4 Apr 2019

Africa could lose more than half its bird and mammal species by 2100
ESG & Sustainability
Africa could lose more than half its bird and mammal species by 2100

16 Nov 2018

How Africa can up its game on water management for agriculture
Agriculture
How Africa can up its game on water management for agriculture

Andrew Slaughter 27 Aug 2018

Climate change the focus at third Lagos UN SDGs Dialogue
ESG & Sustainability
Climate change the focus at third Lagos UN SDGs Dialogue

3 Aug 2018

CIAT, Alluvial partnership scales up Nigerian agritech innovation
Agriculture
CIAT, Alluvial partnership scales up Nigerian agritech innovation

1 Aug 2018

Forests are critical to livelihoods says FAO director general
Agriculture
Forests are critical to livelihoods says FAO director general

6 Jul 2018

Afrisoils programme launches in Africa to tackle soil productivity and degradation
Agriculture
Afrisoils programme launches in Africa to tackle soil productivity and degradation

14 Jun 2018

Zimbabwe youths champion organic fertiliser in new social venture
Agriculture
Zimbabwe youths champion organic fertiliser in new social venture

Pius Sawa 5 Jun 2018

How planting trees can protect cocoa plants against climate change
Agriculture
How planting trees can protect cocoa plants against climate change

Philippe Vaast 21 May 2018

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Agriculture
How collaboration can help grow and transform agriculture in Africa

Daniel Rodriguez, John Dixon & Mulugetta Mekuria 17 May 2018

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Agriculture
Exploring the best tactics to combat Fall armyworm outbreaks in Africa

Saliou Niassy, Sevgan Subramanian 10 May 2018

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

6 Apr 2018

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Agriculture
On dangerous ground: Land degradation is turning soils into deserts

Prof Abbas El-Zein 29 Mar 2018

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Agriculture
We know how food production needs to change if crisis is to be avoided - so why isn't this happening?

Nina Moeller & Michel Pimbert 27 Mar 2018

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Agriculture
Global Soil Organic Carbon Map a powerful tool for sustainable agriculture, climate change mitigation

6 Dec 2017

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Agriculture
The traditional vegetable and sweet potato research that's revolutionising the way we build food and nutrition security in Africa

Millie Phiri, Sonia Naidoo, Nadia Ibraimo 17 Oct 2017

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

Renu MODI 23 Aug 2017

The global food system still benefits the rich at the expense of the poor
Agriculture
The global food system still benefits the rich at the expense of the poor

Laura Pereira 31 Jul 2017

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

Elsa Ordway 13 Jul 2017

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

Susan Onyango 12 Jul 2017

BNI trait could improve nitrogen-efficiency of crops
Agriculture
BNI trait could improve nitrogen-efficiency of crops

22 May 2017

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