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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

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Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

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Sustainable business models key to sustainable modernisation of agriculture in Africa

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Hardy Zimbabwean farmers take on Nigeria's challenges

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Transforming agricultural education through technology

Transforming agricultural education through technology

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The 2017 Resolution Social Venture Challenge winners

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MasterCard assists 1.1 million African smallholder farmers

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USAID via - Woman watering crops in Morogoro, Tanzania

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Addressing lack of access to seeds for smallholder farmers

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Bernard Gagnon via - Tef in Ethiopia

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4th Addis Agrofood Exhibition in Ethiopia

4th Addis Agrofood Exhibition in Ethiopia

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Agribusiness congress comes to Kampala

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Big business opportunities ahead for Africa - McKinsey

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Web TV aims to boost youth interest in African farming

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

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SADC Veterinary Committee to upgrade livestock labs

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The future of food production: Robots revolutionising agriculture

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

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 3 Jan 2018

Nigeria's Yesharvest launches agri-commerce platform

Nigeria's Yesharvest launches agri-commerce platform

Tom Jackson 19 Dec 2017

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

6 Dec 2017

The future of agriculture, food security is knowledge-intensive

The future of agriculture, food security is knowledge-intensive

28 Nov 2017

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

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

24 Nov 2017

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Baher Kamal 23 Nov 2017

IAEA Imagebank via

High-tech tracker to battle ancient wheat plague

Thin Lei Win 17 Nov 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

New online Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook to help steer food systems in sustainable direction

13 Nov 2017

Mega-mergers will squeeze farmers, push up food prices, experts warn

Alex Whiting 24 Oct 2017

thanhlocpham via

Bringing innovation into mushroom farming

Leroy Dzenga 6 Oct 2017

Sustainable business models key to sustainable modernisation of agriculture in Africa

Sustainable business models key to sustainable modernisation of agriculture in Africa

13 Sep 2017

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

Bev Postma 12 Sep 2017

congerdesign via

Hardy Zimbabwean farmers take on Nigeria's challenges

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Transforming agricultural education through technology

Transforming agricultural education through technology

Howard Blight 14 Aug 2017

The 2017 Resolution Social Venture Challenge winners

Winners of Resolution Social Venture Challenge agents of change in their communities

20 Jul 2017

MasterCard assists 1.1 million African smallholder farmers

7 Mar 2017

USAID via - Woman watering crops in Morogoro, Tanzania

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

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Bernard Gagnon via - Tef in Ethiopia

Ethiopia Soil Map arms farmers with new fertilisers in climate fight

Pius Sawa 30 Sep 2016

4th Addis Agrofood Exhibition in Ethiopia

4th Addis Agrofood Exhibition in Ethiopia

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Agribusiness congress comes to Kampala

22 Sep 2016

Big business opportunities ahead for Africa - McKinsey

16 Sep 2016

Web TV aims to boost youth interest in African farming

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

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

Busani Bafana 5 Sep 2016

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SADC Veterinary Committee to upgrade livestock labs

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