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A new scientific review published in Sustainable Production and Consumption explores how best to standardize measurement of the environmental impact of coffee – a commodity increasingly threatened by climate...

Glyphosate is the world's most widely used herbicide.

Quinoa is a highly nutritious and abiotic stress-tolerant crop that can be used to ensure food security for the rapidly growing world population under changing climate conditions...

This paper presents a new methodological approach to assess food systems which takes stock of strengths and limitations and tries to fill some of the gaps identified by recent publications...

The exceptional flavour of Madagascan wild pepper is such that global demand has rocketed since 2010. Voatsiperifery pepper grows on vines very high up in the canopy of natural forests.

How can we manage soil fertility to boost food sovereignty in Africa? This was the question asked by CIRAD and AFD at the traditional conference organized at ther latest...

Given the huge challenges agriculture has to face, both in Northern and Southern countries, a radical change in farming practices towards agroecology is required. Most scientific literature...

La sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle fait référence au défi de fournir une alimentation saine, durable et accessible à tous les...

This study aimed to examine the correlations between the agroecological status of farms and their viability in agro-sylvo-pastoral systems located in the savannah areas of West Africa. The methodology is based on farm...

The African Union and the European Union alongside a number of implementing partners have launched the Consortium Europe-Africa on Research and Innovation for Food Systems Transformation. The project brings together...