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    4 crucial steps to strengthen climate resilience against El Niño and La Niña
    4 crucial steps to strengthen climate resilience against El Niño and La Niña
    Source: © Ollivier Girad/CIFOR-ICRAF Fifty-eight ‘forgotten’ food crops in sub-Saharan Africa have been identified as able to provide healthy diets in a changing climate
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      12 Feb 2018

    Kuzkid via
    €50m funding facility launched to support climate change adaptation and mitigation in SA

    8 Feb 2018

    Bjvisser via - Ethiopian farmer at work on his land.
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      6 Feb 2018

    Dr Thomas Duve (KfW Director for Sub-Saharan Africa) and Bennie van Rooy (Land Bank Chief Financial Officer) conclude the signing of a R900-million loan agreement to boost development in the agricultural sector. (Image Supplied)
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    1 Feb 2018

    Dizaphotographer via
    International community must work together to achieve a sustainable, low-carbon livestock industry

    22 Jan 2018

    jackmac34 via
    On land expropriation without compensation: Be aware of the risks

      19 Jan 2018

    Five major trends in South Africa's agro-food system
    Five major trends in South Africa's agro-food system

      12 Jan 2018

    AAC Executive Director Ben Leyka. Image Source:
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    skeeze via
    Innovation key to improved commercial and smallholder farming in South Africa

    5 Jan 2018

    African solutions urgently sought for agricultural revolution
    African solutions urgently sought for agricultural revolution

      3 Jan 2018

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    Kate HoltAusAID via
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      6 Dec 2017

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    The future of agriculture, food security is knowledge-intensive
    The future of agriculture, food security is knowledge-intensive

    28 Nov 2017

    AIDmonitor to analyse funding flows for development in food and agriculture-related sectors
    AIDmonitor to analyse funding flows for development in food and agriculture-related sectors

    24 Nov 2017

    Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'
    Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

      23 Nov 2017

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    New initiatives in energy, water, agriculture announced at COP23

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    New online Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook to help steer food systems in sustainable direction

    13 Nov 2017

    Neil Palmer (CIAT) via
    Africa pushes for gains on genetic materials

      6 Nov 2017

    Dr Klaus Eckstein, CEO and Country Divisional Head of the Crop Science Division for Bayer Southern Africa at the opening of the Mozambique office
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    3 Nov 2017

    Prof Kennedy Dzama
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    31 Oct 2017

    Policy interventions essential to optimise South Africa's agricultural output
    Policy interventions essential to optimise South Africa's agricultural output

      24 Oct 2017

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    Separating myths from facts: Understanding food labels and innovation in food production

    19 Oct 2017

    Integrated policy approach needed to ensure sustainable food systems
    Integrated policy approach needed to ensure sustainable food systems

    17 Oct 2017

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      9 Oct 2017

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    jackmac34 via
    On land expropriation without compensation: Be aware of the risks

     19 Jan 2018

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    Five major trends in South Africa's agro-food system

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    10 Jan 2018

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    Innovation key to improved commercial and smallholder farming in South Africa

    5 Jan 2018

    African solutions urgently sought for agricultural revolution
    African solutions urgently sought for agricultural revolution

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    More people went hungry in Africa in 2017. But new initiatives also bore fruit

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    Nicholas.gosse via - Olive tree plantation in Tunisia. Olive oil is Tunisia’s largest agricultural export.
    Africa's top 10 most food-secure countries

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    Kate HoltAusAID via
    Is sustainable agricultural production, food security possible?

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    New database to help countries manage their animal genetic resources

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    The future of agriculture, food security is knowledge-intensive
    The future of agriculture, food security is knowledge-intensive

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    AIDmonitor to analyse funding flows for development in food and agriculture-related sectors
    AIDmonitor to analyse funding flows for development in food and agriculture-related sectors

    24 Nov 2017

    Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'
    Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

     23 Nov 2017

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    New initiatives in energy, water, agriculture announced at COP23

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    Kate HoltAusAID via
    New online Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook to help steer food systems in sustainable direction

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    Neil Palmer (CIAT) via
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    Dr Klaus Eckstein, CEO and Country Divisional Head of the Crop Science Division for Bayer Southern Africa at the opening of the Mozambique office
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    Policy interventions essential to optimise South Africa's agricultural output

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    Separating myths from facts: Understanding food labels and innovation in food production
    Separating myths from facts: Understanding food labels and innovation in food production

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    Integrated policy approach needed to ensure sustainable food systems
    Integrated policy approach needed to ensure sustainable food systems

    17 Oct 2017

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    The immense challenge of desertification in sub-Saharan Africa

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    The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture
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    27 Feb 2017

    Debate over glyphosate rages in South Africa
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     24 Jan 2017

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    Dwarf maize could cut input costs

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