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Fire-smart farming: How the crops we plant could help reduce the risk of wildfires on agricultural landscapes
Agriculture
Fire-smart farming: How the crops we plant could help reduce the risk of wildfires on agricultural landscapes

Tim Curran, Md Azharul Alam, Tanmayi Pagadala and Thomas Maxwell 31 Oct 2023

Computer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods
Agriculture
Computer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods

Barath Raghavan and Michael Kantar 8 Aug 2023

Technology can boost farming in Africa, but it can also threaten biodiversity - how to balance the two
Agriculture
Technology can boost farming in Africa, but it can also threaten biodiversity - how to balance the two

Thomas Daum, Frédéric Baudron, Ingo Grass, Matin Qaim and Regina Birner 18 Jul 2023

#FarmingfortheFuture: RegenAg SA - Advancing regenerative agriculture for soil, human and planet health
Agriculture
#FarmingfortheFuture: RegenAg SA - Advancing regenerative agriculture for soil, human and planet health

Robin Fredericks 28 Apr 2023

Climate change is already hitting Africa's livestock - here's how to address the risks
Agriculture
Climate change is already hitting Africa's livestock - here's how to address the risks

Polly Ericksen and Laura Cramer 4 Nov 2022

Study explores impact of drought on apple and wheat farmers in the Western Cape
Agriculture
Study explores impact of drought on apple and wheat farmers in the Western Cape

Jorisna Bonthuys 19 May 2022

What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture
Agriculture
What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture

Wandile Sihlobo 27 Oct 2021

Report: Gender-responsive research key to farm productivity, tackling Africa's agricultural threats
Agriculture
Report: Gender-responsive research key to farm productivity, tackling Africa's agricultural threats

27 May 2021

Africa has a growing food security problem: why it can't be fixed without proper data
Agriculture
Africa has a growing food security problem: why it can't be fixed without proper data

28 Aug 2020

How optimal water use can support food security, reduce waste in Africa
ESG & Sustainability
How optimal water use can support food security, reduce waste in Africa

27 Aug 2020

A palm oil plantation in Malaysia. (Shutterstock)
Agriculture
How our food choices cut into forests and put us closer to viruses

24 Aug 2020

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Agriculture
Geospatial data platform launches to help build stronger food, agriculture sectors

22 Jul 2020

Covid-19 recovery is a chance to improve the African food system
Agriculture
Covid-19 recovery is a chance to improve the African food system

Kai Mausch, Michael Hauser, Todd Rosenstock and Wanjiku Gichohi-Wainaina 12 Jun 2020

How planting a garden can boost bees, local food and resilience during the coronavirus crisis
Agriculture
How planting a garden can boost bees, local food and resilience during the coronavirus crisis

Sheila Colla 14 May 2020

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Agriculture
#BizTrends2020: How to succeed in agriculture in 2020

Nico Groenewald 13 Jan 2020

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Agriculture
Innovative solutions vital for agriculture to combat climate change

13 Dec 2019

Irrigation earns flood-prone farmers US$4,344 a hectare
Agriculture
Irrigation earns flood-prone farmers US$4,344 a hectare

30 Jul 2019

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health
Agriculture
Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

21 Jun 2019

Futureproof yourself with STEM for these 7 careers that could exist in 2050
Education
Futureproof yourself with STEM for these 7 careers that could exist in 2050

18 Jun 2019

New stewardship project equips smallholders against climate change
Agriculture
New stewardship project equips smallholders against climate change

3 Jun 2019

Synchronising food production can have disastrous effects
Agriculture
Synchronising food production can have disastrous effects

Zia Mehrabi and Navin Ramankutty 3 May 2019

High-tech agriculture: Farmers risk being 'locked in' to unsustainable practices
Agriculture
High-tech agriculture: Farmers risk being 'locked in' to unsustainable practices

8 Mar 2019

The tech fix that won't secure food supplies
Agriculture
The tech fix that won't secure food supplies

Anita Makri 24 Dec 2018

Why massive effort needs to be put into growing trees on farms
Agriculture
Why massive effort needs to be put into growing trees on farms

Philip Dobie 3 Dec 2018

Herney via
Agriculture
Africa well positioned to feed the world

Heather Dugmore 27 Aug 2018

Why climate-smart agriculture is crucial to Africa
Agriculture
Why climate-smart agriculture is crucial to Africa

Eldon Opiyo 11 Jun 2018

Why ozone poses a challenge to food security
Agriculture
Why ozone poses a challenge to food security

Divya Pandey, Lisa Emberson & Sofie Mortensen 5 Apr 2018

Agroecology's potential to transform food systems for the better
Agriculture
Agroecology's potential to transform food systems for the better

4 Apr 2018

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars
Agriculture
Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

16 Mar 2018

CIAT via
Agriculture
Science, politics and the quest to secure Africa's sustainable food future

Adam Sneyd 23 Feb 2018

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

Baher Kamal 23 Nov 2017

Study: Better soil could trap as much planet-warming carbon as transport produces
Agriculture
Study: Better soil could trap as much planet-warming carbon as transport produces

Thin Lei Win 21 Nov 2017

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Agriculture
Bringing innovation into mushroom farming

Leroy Dzenga 6 Oct 2017

Climate-smart agriculture urgently needed in Africa
Agriculture
Climate-smart agriculture urgently needed in Africa

Baher Kamal 8 Sep 2017

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Agriculture
New study: Pesticides increase extinction risk for bumblebee populations

Mark Brown 16 Aug 2017

Sgt. Michelle Halpin via
Agriculture
How some African farmers are responding to climate change and what we can learn from them

15 Aug 2017

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Agriculture
Growing food in the post-truth era

Alana Mann 6 Jul 2017

Why South Africa's agricultural industry needs digital transformation
Agriculture
Why South Africa's agricultural industry needs digital transformation

Mark McCallum 10 May 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via - Olivia Gimbo holds up her family's supply of food for the week in Epworth, Harare.
Agriculture
Global future food security in jeopardy warns FAO report

22 Feb 2017

Why the US has a lot to gain from investing in Africa's agri-food systems
Agriculture
Why the US has a lot to gain from investing in Africa's agri-food systems

Thomas Jayne 7 Feb 2017

Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis
Agriculture
Why microbes are key to solving Africa's food security crisis

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 3 Feb 2017

SA farmers must meet challenges of climate change
Agriculture
SA farmers must meet challenges of climate change

18 Oct 2016

Addressing antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food
Agriculture
Addressing antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food

15 Sep 2016

Image by Tawanda Marandure
Agriculture
How agriculture can be intensified in Africa without causing harm

Tawanda Marandure and Kennedy Dzama 2 Sep 2016

What Africa can do to manage the fallout of climate change
ESG & Sustainability
What Africa can do to manage the fallout of climate change

Coleen Vogel 1 Jun 2015

Multiplying southern Africa's future breadbasket
Agriculture
Multiplying southern Africa's future breadbasket

13 Feb 2015

BRICS crucial to dealing with global food crisis
Government
BRICS crucial to dealing with global food crisis

31 Oct 2013

Invest in good food, not junk says FAO
Agriculture
Invest in good food, not junk says FAO

5 Jun 2013

Agriculture
African Union requested to ban GM crops in Africa

29 Nov 2012

ESG & Sustainability
Agreement on animal farming will boost food security

14 Dec 2011

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