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Integrated policy approach needed to ensure sustainable food systems

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The relationship between drought and famine: lessons from the Horn of Africa

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Long-overdue GMO testing laboratory to be established

Long-overdue GMO testing laboratory to be established

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Alana Mann 6 Jul 2017

Technology, like this tea-picking machine in Kenya, can harness agriculture’s power to change lives. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

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Frans Swanepoel 19 Jun 2017

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The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

Nteranya Sanginga 31 Mar 2017

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26 Sep 2016

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Isaiah Esipisu 1 Oct 2010

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Michael Hamlyn 12 Jan 2010

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Amy Lieberman 31 Aug 2009

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Marc Bournof/IRD (Image Source: )

The immense challenge of desertification in sub-Saharan Africa

Nabil Ben Khatra, Maud Loireau 9 Oct 2017

Researchers work on drought-tolerant maize for Africa

Sebastian Mhofu 5 Oct 2017

How land reform and rural development can help reduce poverty in South Africa

Leslie J. Bank and Tim GB Hart 29 Sep 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

Can Africa feed itself?

Sifelani Tsiko 28 Sep 2017

The relationship between drought and famine: lessons from the Horn of Africa

The relationship between drought and famine: lessons from the Horn of Africa

Philippe Roudier 22 Sep 2017

Long-overdue GMO testing laboratory to be established

Long-overdue GMO testing laboratory to be established

31 Aug 2017

Growing food in the post-truth era

Alana Mann 6 Jul 2017

Technology, like this tea-picking machine in Kenya, can harness agriculture’s power to change lives. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Science has the power to boost farming in Africa. But a lot has to change

Frans Swanepoel 19 Jun 2017

The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

Nteranya Sanginga 31 Mar 2017

Research and study fostering the adoption of new techniques in biotech agriculture

27 Feb 2017

Debate over glyphosate rages in South Africa

Debate over glyphosate rages in South Africa

30 Jan 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via

The smart way to help African farmers tackle climate change

Sophie Mbugua 24 Jan 2017

Roman Bonnefoy via

At last, evidence that African agriculture is powering economic transformation

26 Sep 2016

(Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Dwarf maize could cut input costs

11 Sep 2012

AFRICA: In search of lasting farming solutions to climate change

Isaiah Esipisu 1 Oct 2010

African seed subject to exploitation

Michael Hamlyn 12 Jan 2010

New irrigation techniques yield gains in Morocco

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Super sorghum for Africa

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Sweet science: IBM teams with chocolatier to grow better beans

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Research program to improve agriculture sector

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