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Climate-Smart Agriculture profiles to guide investments in three more African countries

by Ivy Kinyua | Oct 18, 2017

The Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Country Profile (CP) initiative is a series of publications containing a brief yet comprehensive overview of the agricultural context and challenges in each country through a climate-smart agriculture lens, and provides a snapshot...

The road out of poverty depends on feeding our children nutritious food first

by Mercy Lungaho | Oct 18, 2017

At the 2017 Borlaug Dialogue this week, October 18-20, Dr. Mercy Lung’aho says feeding our youth more nutritious food is critical for a prosperous Africa. Her opinion piece was first published by Inter Press Service News Agency. One drizzly morning in some lush...

Paving Africa’s way towards a sustainable, profitable food future with women at the lead

by Georgina Smith | Oct 13, 2017

Women play an important role in rural agriculture. This International Day of Rural Women, we visit two farmers in Ethiopia who are transforming their rural livelihoods and making a difference in their communities. Bula Muda is a farmer in a rural area a few hour’s...

In Ghana’s cocoa industry, a strong push to make farms ‘climate-smart’

by Maria Eliza Villarino | Oct 9, 2017

A cacao pod. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT A consortium involving the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the Rainforest Alliance, Root Capital, and the Sustainable Food Lab is gaining ground...

Drought, pests and disease on the rise hit harvests in Zimbabwe

by Enid Katungi | Sep 29, 2017

For the past two decades, the Pan-Africa Bean Research alliance (PABRA), has stepped-up efforts in Zimbabwe to help farmers boost their bean production as a pathway to reducing poverty. This is done with the support of the Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development...

New, improved bean varieties enhance food security and diet diversity in Malawi