As Kenya celebrates the extension of safeguards against sugar from the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (Comesa), players are warning that this will not bring much ... Read more »
Improving farming techniques and planting new high yielding varieties can further boost the African cashew industry that supplies over 40 percent of the global yield and provides ... Read more »
A drive to improve cassava production, as part of a larger plan to turn Nigeria into a powerhouse for food production, now has a leading scientist at its helm. Read more »
A Burkinabe man has received global acclaim for trying to save his arid land from desertification by planting trees that have since grown into a 15-hectare forest. Read more »
There is renewed hope for wheat farming in Kenya following the release of two new wheat varieties that are more resistant to rust. Read more »
Growing demand for biofuels, extreme weather and climate change, and increased financial activity through commodity futures markets are the main causes of high and volatile food ... Read more »
Millions of Senegalese depend on the fish caught off shore, but because the waters are becoming increasingly overfished by European trawlers. Read more »
Ghana's role in a pan-African agricultural productivity programme will soon take a step forward when it opens a new biotechnology facility. Read more »
In a bid to reduce food insecurity, the government is turning to new approaches to agriculture, like expanded irrigation schemes, new crops and harnessing the energy of recent ... Read more »
Though Mozambique is usually known for its heat and floods, a comparative lack of rain this year coupled with a severe winter has put even more pressure on struggling subsistence ... Read more »
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