-
Mali: 'Guerrilla Gardening' Takes Root in Mali
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 29 April 2015
On the green banks of the Niger River in downtown Bamako alongside heavily guarded foreign hotels, a group of urban farmers busily weed and water vegetables on some of Mali's prime… Read more »
-
Mali: Drought, Expanding Deserts and 'Food for Jihad' Drive Conflict
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 27 April 2015
Life has never been easy in Moussa Majga's corner of northern Mali, a desert region of leafless trees, mud huts and roaming gunmen. Read more »
-
Mali: Farmers Count On National Fund to Expand Climate Insurance
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 23 April 2015
A lack of rain in the middle of last season caused Seydou Diarassouba's sorghum crop to fail. Read more »
-
Mali: UN Agency Launches Project to Boost Agricultural Production in North
UN News, 1 April 2015
A new project aimed at restoring the livelihoods of some 33,000 households affected by armed conflict and climate change in northern Mali has been launched today by the country's… Read more »
-
Mali: Women Turn to Tree Fodder to Fatten Their Sheep
International Research Development Centre and Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs Trade and Development, 28 October 2014
KEY MESSAGES Read more »
-
Mali: Farmers Scramble to Adapt to Changing Rains
AlertNet, 16 June 2014
Talking with his neighbours under a neem tree, Madou Kone relates how he is late planting his sorghum crop this year - even though the usual time to plant is now. Read more »
Guerrilla Gardening Takes Root in Mali
The guerrilla growers do not own the land they're cultivating but property rules aren't stopping them from trying to feed themselves in one of the world's poorest countries, writes Chris Arsenault for Thomson Reuters Foundation.
InFocus
-
As the country emerges from its political crisis, aid agencies are warning that immediate food aid needs to get to extremely vulnerable communities in the north. Read more »
-
Creative ways to engage, empower, and benefit both women and men at every stage need to be built into development research initiatives, say the IDRC and Canada's department of ... Read more »
