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Highlights: Africa’s food systems need to provide sufficient affordable, nutritious food for Africa’s population, whilst generating income and employment to support the continent’s economic and social...

Individual Conservation Agriculture (CA) practices are not new to the West and Central Africa (WCA) region, though the combination of the three main components of CA is innovative...

Highlight on the global dimension of the research programme (Cluster 6) The underlying paradigm of Cluster 6 is the need for a transformative change of the EU economy and society to reduce environmental degradation...

The five countries of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger (the G5) in the Sahel region of Africa are among the least developed countries in the world. The region...

This study was conducted to develop a better understanding of the scope, challenges, and opportunities for integrating smallholder farmers’ organizations (SFOs) in IFAD-financed projects in the East and Southern Africa (ESA)...

Highlights The study reviews ex-post impact assessment studies on improved rice varieties. Articles were published between 2016 and 2021. Stress-tolerant varieties significantly...

Within the generic scope for the Regional Assessments of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, this African assessment focusses on thematic priorities, including the food-energy-water-livelihood nexus; land degradation, including climate-related...

This B4Life report gives an overview of EU support to developing countries on biodiversity conservation: protecting threatened species and ecosystems and fighting the illegal wildlife trade while combating...

The 2017 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report, entitled “Wastewater: The Untapped Resource”, demonstrates how improved wastewater management generates social, environmental...