Africa: Coffee Crops Are Dying From a Fungus With Species-Jumping Genes - Researchers Are 'Resurrecting' Their Genomes to Understand How and Why

For anyone who relies on coffee to start their day, coffee wilt disease may be the most important disease you've never heard of. This fungal disease has repeatedly reshaped the… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Is Moving Away From Coal - How Mines and Power Stations Could Be Used for Green Energy and Farming

Globally, nearly 7,000 coal mines, more than 2,400 coal-fired power plants and hundreds of coal rail networks, trucks and port terminals all make up the world's coal industry. When… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Could Expose 1.1 Billion People to Hunger By 2100 (But There's Good News Too) - AI Modelling Study

More than 295 million people globally experienced hunger and starvation in 2025 because of conflict, displacement, climate change and economic disasters. Read more »

Africa: African Indigenous Foods That Fight Inflammation May Help People With Diabetes - Research

African indigenous food groups present an exciting area to explore when it comes to taste and nutrition. They may even offer potential as nutritional therapy for people with health… Read more »

Zambia: Zambia's Farmers Are Working in Dangerous Heat - How They Can Protect Themselves

Farming is central to life in Zambia, with about 60% of the country's labour force relying on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihood or income. Seasonal rains shape planting and… Read more »

South Africa: Cape Town Project Tests What Hydroponic Farming Can Do in Urban Spaces

Imagine a world where fresh vegetables and herbs sprout in the heart of our cities without the need for sprawling farms. Read more »

Africa: Are Meat Eaters Really More Likely to Live to 100 Than Non-Meat Eaters, As a Recent Study Suggests?

People who don't eat meat may be less likely than meat eaters to reach the age of 100, according to a recent study. But before you reconsider your plant-based diet, there's more to… Read more »

Africa: Small-Scale Farmers Produce More of the Rich World's Food Than Previously Thought - New Study

Who grows our food? This seemingly simple question is getting harder to answer in a world where our food crosses borders to get to our plate. Read more »

West Africa: Indigenous Trees Might Be the Secret to Climate Resilient Dairy Farming in Benin, Says This New Study

In the drylands of Benin, west Africa, livestock farming is under growing pressure. Read more »

Africa: Global Demand for Shea Butter Is Growing - but It's Not All Good News for the Women Who Collect the Nuts

Shea butter has become a highly sought-after ingredient in cosmetics and food manufacturing worldwide. Since the early 2000s its use as a substitute for cocoa butter has driven a… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Farmers Talk About How Climate Change Is Affecting Staple Food Crops - and What Can Help

In Nigeria, agriculture contributes about 40% to national gross domestic product and supports the livelihoods of about 60% of the population. Finding ways to farm through climate… Read more »

West Africa: Sahel Farmers Do Better When They Combine Innovations Rather Than Using Them One By One

Smallholder farmers in west Africa's Sahel face a harsh and worsening climate. Rainfall is erratic, temperatures are rising, soils are degrading, and droughts have become more… Read more »

South Africa: Land Reform in South Africa - How New Landholders Could Prosper From Wildlife and Not Just Farming

South Africa has a thriving wildlife economy - enterprises like trophy and meat hunting, ecotourism, live wildlife sales and game meat production. Read more »

Kenya: Street Food in Mombasa - How City Life Shaped the Modern Meal

As Kenya's cities grew, more and more people left their rural homes and subsistence farming systems to go to urban settlements like Mombasa to find work. In the city, meals were… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Rarest Carnivore - the Story of the First Ethiopian Wolf Ever Captured, Nursed and Returned to the Wild

What's the value of one animal? When a wild animal is found badly injured, the most humane option is often euthanasia to prevent further suffering. That's what usually happens, and… Read more »

South Africa: Food Waste in South Africa Is Dumped in Landfills - Study Weighs Up Healthier and More Sustainable Options

Every year, millions of tonnes of food end up in South Africa's landfills. This is a wasted resource that deepens environmental damage, worsens food insecurity and costs the… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Drylands Need the Right Kind of Support - Listening to the Pastoralists Who Live There

Africa's drylands are often imagined as vast, empty spaces. Romantic wilderness on the one hand. Zones of hunger, conflict and poverty on the other. Media stories tend to emphasise… Read more »

Africa: Factory Farming in Africa - Development Banks See It As a Good Idea, but It's Bad for the Climate

In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming - where cattle, goats and sheep roam freely across grasslands, grazing at will - has been the main form of livestock production.… Read more »

Africa: Agricultural Exports From Africa Are Not Doing Well. Four Ways to Change That

Africa is the world's most endowed continent in agricultural potential, yet it remains a marginal player in global agribusiness. This paradox lies at the heart of Africa's… Read more »

Africa: Smartphones, Women's Rights and Coupons - New Trends That Can Boost Insurance for African Farmers

Storms, drought, floods and heatwaves are a disaster for small scale farmers in Africa, who can't all afford insurance. Yet new, technologically advanced and cheaper types of… Read more »

Africa: What Will It Take to Make Africa Food Secure? G20 Group Points to Trade, Resilient Supply Chains and Sustainable Farming

The Sustainable Food and Agricultural Systems work stream of the Business 20, a G20 engagement group, has endorsed three principles that it argues will contribute to the building… Read more »

Africa: The Secret Life of Baobabs - How Bats and Moths Keep Africa's Giant Trees Alive

Baobabs are sometimes called "upside-down trees", because their branches look like roots reaching skywards. Of the eight species of baobab in the world, six are confined to… Read more »

Ethiopia: Starvation As a Weapon of War - How Ethiopia Created a Famine in Tigray

Famine - the extreme scarcity of food - devastated Ethiopia's Tigray region during and after a two-year war that began in November 2020. Yet, the famine's impact is one of the… Read more »

Kenya: Fish Is Good Food and Demand Outstrips Supply in Kenya - How to Produce More and Get It to Market Safely

Fish are a nutritious, affordable protein and source of income to those who catch and sell them. As millions of people in Africa suffer from undernutrition, a lack of vital… Read more »

Southern Africa: High Food Prices in East and Southern Africa - Four Steps to Boost Production and Make Markets Work Better

Countries in east and southern Africa have continued to experience high and volatile food prices despite good harvests in 2025. This is especially alarming as climate-related… Read more »