Agricultural and food policies are increasingly asked to do more to improve the dietary quality of populations in lower and middle income countries (LMICs), especially severely malnourished...
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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...
The release of 657 new bean varieties, in 31 countries of Africa over 25 years, which have reached more than 37 million farmers (58% of whom...
Spatio-temporal analyses from several cities in sub-Saharan Africa showed a mixed picture with inner-urban farmers shifting to the urban fringe, and increases in urban agriculture, as well as declining urban...
Agriculture forms a major platform through which the Chinese provide aid and invest in farmland in Africa. This long-standing engagement remains a highly contested arena based on a multifaceted...
Child labour in agriculture remains a global concern. Agriculture is the sector where most child labour is found. Employment of children mostly relates to farm household poverty...
Integrated mixed crop-livestock farming systems help improve farm sustainability by securing agricultural incomes through the diversification of productions and by enhancing farm autonomy regarding agricultural...
There has been a general concern on why the Green Revolution has not taken place in Africa after 50 years of such revolution in Asia and other...
Across large areas of the Sahel region of West Africa, one of the poorest and most environmentally precarious areas of Africa, a decades-long revolution in agroecology has produced remarkable...
‘Matooke’ is a staple food made from Highland cooking bananas in the Great Lakes region of East Africa. Genetic improvement of these bananas for resistance to pests and diseases has...