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Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farmingChristopher Oluwakunmi Akinbile

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Danone targets 30% cut in methane emissions from fresh milk supply chain by 2030

20 Jan 2023

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Cadbury-maker Mondelez pumps another $600m into cocoa sustainability programme

1 Nov 2022

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Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference

Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference

Chloe MacLaren 1 Sep 2022

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

Sindy Peters 25 Mar 2022

SA entrepreneur drives sustainable development using African foods

SA entrepreneur drives sustainable development using African foods

Lauren Hartzenberg 10 Dec 2021

Dreamworks Trolls, UN launch campaign for healthier eating and sustainable living

Dreamworks Trolls, UN launch campaign for healthier eating and sustainable living

22 Nov 2021

East Africa agricultural entrepreneurs find fortune in insect feed

East Africa agricultural entrepreneurs find fortune in insect feed

9 Nov 2021

Lessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

Lessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

Andrew Newsham, Toendepi Shonhe and Tsitsi Bvute 26 Oct 2021

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Nestlé's transition towards a regenerative food system speeds up

21 Sep 2021

PepsiCo introduces initiative to drive sustainable transformation strategy

PepsiCo introduces initiative to drive sustainable transformation strategy

20 Sep 2021

50+ NGOs call on COP26 to acknowledge climate impacts of animal agriculture

50+ NGOs call on COP26 to acknowledge climate impacts of animal agriculture

27 Aug 2021

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

Kamran Mahroof and Sankar Sivarajah 19 Aug 2021

New Nespresso blend helps revive fragile coffee farming in the DRC

New Nespresso blend helps revive fragile coffee farming in the DRC

5 Aug 2021

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How palm oil became the world's most hated, most used fat source

Jonathan E. Robins 30 Jul 2021

Noël N'guessan, winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering's 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

9 Jul 2021

Sami reindeer herder Nils Mathis Sara, 60, drives his ATV as he follows a herd of reindeer on the Finnmark Plateau, Norway, June 16, 2018. Source: Reuters/Stoyan Nenov

Climate change threatens age-old indigenous food systems

Fabio Teixeira 25 Jun 2021

Prof Maryke Labuschagne; Dr Berhanu Ertiro, former PhD student; and Dr Peg Redinbaugh from the United States Department of Agriculture.

How research, collaboration are contributing to food security in Africa

14 Jun 2021

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Feeding Africa from Africa: Smallholder farmers to leverage on AfCFTA

Busani Bafana 14 Jun 2021

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Deforestation is driven by global markets

Ruben Valbuena and Thomas Lovejoy 11 Jun 2021

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Luxury fashion label Chanel invests $25m in new climate adaptation fund

Michael Taylor 11 Jun 2021

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Big irrigation projects in Africa have failed to deliver. What's needed next

Tom Higginbottom, Roshan Adhikari and Timothy Foster 10 Jun 2021

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New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Anja Gassner, Philip Dobie and Terry Sunderland 7 Jun 2021

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Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers

29 Apr 2021

Food Lover’s Market CEO Brian Coppin with TVMA founder Mmabatho Portia Morudi

The Village Market Africa triumphs in Food Lover's Seeds of Change initiative

28 Apr 2021

Heineken sets goal to be carbon neutral in production by 2030

Heineken sets goal to be carbon neutral in production by 2030

15 Apr 2021

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Is that a good egg? How chocolate makers rate on social and environmental measures

John Dumay and James Guthrie 6 Apr 2021

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Scaling up bioenergy production could substantially raise water stress - new study

12 Mar 2021

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A common soil pesticide cut wild bee reproduction by 89% - here's why scientists are worried

Philip Donkersley 3 Mar 2021

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