IN the face of climate change and its far-reaching impact on agriculture and food security, Njabulo Mbokane, a 28-year-old crop farmer finds herself grappling with…
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I dream of a community where malnutrition is a thing of the past, and women can weave and laugh without fear
"Today we harvest part of my plot. My onions sell for a very good price because they are of better quality than what is found on the market."
THE number of people experiencing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance increased for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, with…
More than 80 percent of Cabo Delgado’s inhabitants are small-scale farmers reliant on agriculture for their livelihoods; therefore, the violence and conflict in the area have taken a tremendous toll on, not only their safety and well-being, but also their livelihoods and nutrition.
The economic importance of the tea industry has grown during the pandemic but it must confront key challenges ROME – The tea industry can play an…
How combining new technology and traditional knowledge harvests rain and restores land Farming in the Sahel region of Africa isn’t easy. It’s an area that…
“Sometimes we are faced with droughts and other times we have floods,” says Anita António Candeeiro, leader of a women’s group of smallholder farmers in…
IN December subsistence farmers Kgadi and Martin Monyamane together with their assistant Simon Nkuna were working their land planting bambara groundnuts. The retired teacher couple’s…