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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

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Medienservice via

Burning chillis drive elephants away from African farmers' crops

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AIDmonitor to analyse funding flows for development in food and agriculture-related sectors

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