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    Source: © Ollivier Girad/CIFOR-ICRAF Fifty-eight ‘forgotten’ food crops in sub-Saharan Africa have been identified as able to provide healthy diets in a changing climate
    Africa’s ‘forgotten’ foods research wins prestigious US Cozzarelli Prize
    A logo of the World Food Program is seen at their headquarters after the WFP won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, in Rome, Italy 9 October 2020. Reuters/Remo Casilli/File Photo
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    Science, politics and the quest to secure Africa's sustainable food future

      23 Feb 2018

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    Beyond profit: How innovation is helping Africa's agri-industry feed the world

      22 Feb 2018

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    Halting deforestation: Striking the right balance between human and planetary needs

    22 Feb 2018

    San pioneer new farming techniques to achieve greater food security
    San pioneer new farming techniques to achieve greater food security

    21 Feb 2018

    Lands committee to downsize farms
    Lands committee to downsize farms

      20 Feb 2018

    UN warns of rising food insecurity across Africa
    UN warns of rising food insecurity across Africa

    20 Feb 2018

    Tigana chileshe via
    Fighting FAW: Guide to help Africa tackle Fall armyworm head-on

    19 Feb 2018

    CIAT via
    New banana variety to enhance productivity

      16 Feb 2018

    Sergei Andreichuk via
    Initiative to support 3.5 million farmers launched

      15 Feb 2018

    Maaseares via
    More Farmer Field Schools: Ongoing agricultural education needed to meet challenges

    15 Feb 2018

    Connected Network in the battle to control plant disease in sub-Saharan Africa
    Connected Network in the battle to control plant disease in sub-Saharan Africa

    13 Feb 2018

    How Nigeria's Thrive Agric is crowdfunding farmers
    How Nigeria's Thrive Agric is crowdfunding farmers

      13 Feb 2018

    Jameserickuzwa via
    Towards a food-secure Africa

      12 Feb 2018

    Francis Hannaway via
    Transforming vulnerability into resilience: $1.06bn needed to rebuild agriculture, combat hunger in 26 countries

    9 Feb 2018

    Namibia faces fresh armyworm outbreak
    Namibia faces fresh armyworm outbreak

      8 Feb 2018

    Bjvisser via - Ethiopian farmer at work on his land.
    Keeping up with climate change: Climate zoning as a tool to fight hunger

      6 Feb 2018

    Ancient grains become modern food
    Ancient grains become modern food

      5 Feb 2018

    CIAT via
    East Africa leads in agriculture targets

      5 Feb 2018

    Princelee Ocheme via
    Nominations open for the 2018 Africa Food Prize

    1 Feb 2018

    2DU Kenya 84 via
    First Malabo Biennial Report: More needs to be done to address threats of climate change to farmers and food security

    1 Feb 2018

    Tenisnaps via . Cassava farmer arranges his tubers in line while he waits for buyers.
    Protecting cassava from disease? There's an app for that

      30 Jan 2018

    January disease kills 2,000 cattle
    January disease kills 2,000 cattle

      30 Jan 2018

    Crop munching pest in Africa raises hunger threat
    Crop munching pest in Africa raises hunger threat

      29 Jan 2018

    Tapiwa Zvakavapano via - Villagers working on the land in Bedza Village, Buhera, Zimbabwe
    Ten priorities for getting agriculture moving in Zimbabwe

      24 Jan 2018

    BjoernSchrempp via
    New wheat breeding programme cuts a decade off new varieties

    24 Jan 2018

    zcf428526 via
    Scientists are breeding super-nutritious crops to help solve global hunger

      23 Jan 2018

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

    22 Jan 2018

    Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system
    Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system

      16 Jan 2018

    canonfan via
    Study: Honeybees' attraction to fungicide 'unsettling' for food output

      15 Jan 2018

    Scientists: Warming oceans could scupper marine food system
    Scientists: Warming oceans could scupper marine food system

      11 Jan 2018

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    San pioneer new farming techniques to achieve greater food security
    San pioneer new farming techniques to achieve greater food security

    21 Feb 2018

    Lands committee to downsize farms
    Lands committee to downsize farms

     20 Feb 2018

    UN warns of rising food insecurity across Africa
    UN warns of rising food insecurity across Africa

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    Tigana chileshe via
    Fighting FAW: Guide to help Africa tackle Fall armyworm head-on

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    CIAT via
    New banana variety to enhance productivity

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    Connected Network in the battle to control plant disease in sub-Saharan Africa

    13 Feb 2018

    How Nigeria's Thrive Agric is crowdfunding farmers
    How Nigeria's Thrive Agric is crowdfunding farmers

     13 Feb 2018

    Jameserickuzwa via
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    Francis Hannaway via
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    Namibia faces fresh armyworm outbreak
    Namibia faces fresh armyworm outbreak

     8 Feb 2018

    Bjvisser via - Ethiopian farmer at work on his land.
    Keeping up with climate change: Climate zoning as a tool to fight hunger

     6 Feb 2018

    Ancient grains become modern food
    Ancient grains become modern food

     5 Feb 2018

    CIAT via
    East Africa leads in agriculture targets

     5 Feb 2018

    Princelee Ocheme via
    Nominations open for the 2018 Africa Food Prize

    1 Feb 2018

    2DU Kenya 84 via
    First Malabo Biennial Report: More needs to be done to address threats of climate change to farmers and food security

    1 Feb 2018

    Tenisnaps via . Cassava farmer arranges his tubers in line while he waits for buyers.
    Protecting cassava from disease? There's an app for that

     30 Jan 2018

    January disease kills 2,000 cattle
    January disease kills 2,000 cattle

     30 Jan 2018

    Crop munching pest in Africa raises hunger threat
    Crop munching pest in Africa raises hunger threat

     29 Jan 2018

    Tapiwa Zvakavapano via - Villagers working on the land in Bedza Village, Buhera, Zimbabwe
    Ten priorities for getting agriculture moving in Zimbabwe

     24 Jan 2018

    BjoernSchrempp via
    New wheat breeding programme cuts a decade off new varieties

    24 Jan 2018

    zcf428526 via
    Scientists are breeding super-nutritious crops to help solve global hunger

     23 Jan 2018

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

    22 Jan 2018

    Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system
    Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system

     16 Jan 2018

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    Study: Honeybees' attraction to fungicide 'unsettling' for food output

     15 Jan 2018

    Scientists: Warming oceans could scupper marine food system
    Scientists: Warming oceans could scupper marine food system

     11 Jan 2018

    Ready or not, technology rings the changes for African agricultural sector
    Ready or not, technology rings the changes for African agricultural sector

     11 Jan 2018

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    Official: One million farmers grow bio-fortified crops in Nigeria

    10 Jan 2018

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    Settling the land compensation issue is vital for Zimbabwe's economy

     9 Jan 2018

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     8 Jan 2018

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    Kenyans face bleak year after poor maize, wheat harvests

     5 Jan 2018

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     4 Jan 2018

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     3 Jan 2018

    Tigana chileshe via
    SADC needs armyworm control funds

     13 Dec 2017

    East Africa region urged to adopt GMOs to boost food security
    East Africa region urged to adopt GMOs to boost food security

     11 Dec 2017

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    8 Dec 2017

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

     7 Dec 2017

    Smart data yields big harvests to feed the world
    Smart data yields big harvests to feed the world

     7 Dec 2017

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