All articles in 'Agrifocus'
Drought threatens Global Food Reserves The drought ravaging the United States of America and other...
21st August 2012Study shows potential for smallholder water management innovations to boost crop yields and househol...
27th August 2012Africa Must Invest in Water Management Policies The drought ravaging parts of the United States of...
28th August 2012Africa Must Invest in Water Management Policies The drought ravaging parts of the United States of...
31st August 2012Africa Must Invest in Water Management Policies The drought ravaging parts of the United States of...
17th September 2012Attendees argued for active adoption of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (...
25th September 2012The current structure of most Unions is poorly situated to dealing with climate change and its effec...
25th September 2012Africa Must Invest in Water Management Policies The drought ravaging parts of the United States of...
25th September 2012Zero tillage an additional tool to food security A project to wean farmers off digging and to incre...
1st October 2012Zero tillage an additional tool to food security A project to wean farmers off digging and to incre...
9th October 2012Food security indexes offer experts useful insights African countries face threats of unrest occasi...
16th October 2012Food security indexes offer experts useful insights African countries face threats of unrest occasi...
22nd October 2012Food security indexes offer experts useful insights African countries face threats of unrest occasi...
29th October 2012Potato farmers in East and Central Africa now have access to relatively cheap sources of potato var...
24th February 2009Access information on safe farming practices, various farming equipment and good product stewardship...
24th March 2009Access information on safe farming practices, various farming equipment and good product stewardship...
31st March 2009The market for milk, meat, and staple food crops like maize, banana, sorghum, rice and millet within...
18th May 2009African countries are increasingly assessing a range of tools and technologies, including agricultur...
25th May 2009AU Member States have been called upon by the African Union Commission to make a 20-year Vision for...
31st May 2009For the first time, farmers in poor countries are to be rewarded under a binding international treat...
9th June 2009Long-term land leases – for 50 or even 99 years – are unsustainable unless there is some level of lo...
12th June 2009When one talks about famine in Africa, it is also crucial to take a moment to evaluate the hostile a...
1st September 2009Africans receive food aid Photo courtesy As long as Africans do not colle...
7th September 2009The impact of dramatic warming or cooling of the earth can be so devastating on crops.
15th September 2009When people stop talking about farmers, when people fail to recognise their role in feeding the coun...
19th September 2009Healthy discussions on whether climate change is human induced or not, have led to widening the scop...
21st September 2009Elsewhere in the world, pollinators are highly protected. Likewise, they contribute a lot in terms o...
23rd September 2009The patenting of seeds, extension of plant variety protection and rollout of a global regime of inte...
23rd September 2009Farmer field school in Uganda Photo courtesyWe live in a world dominated by buzzwords. T...
5th October 2009Indigenous societies' respect for the strategic knowledge held by women kept agriculture alive but W...
6th October 2009