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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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Construction & EngineeringCôte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
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ESG & SustainabilityClimate change threatens age-old indigenous food systems
Fabio Teixeira 25 Jun 2021


AgricultureFeeding Africa from Africa: Smallholder farmers to leverage on AfCFTA
Busani Bafana 14 Jun 2021

ESG & SustainabilityDeforestation is driven by global markets
Ruben Valbuena and Thomas Lovejoy 11 Jun 2021

RetailLuxury fashion label Chanel invests $25m in new climate adaptation fund
Michael Taylor 11 Jun 2021

AgricultureBig irrigation projects in Africa have failed to deliver. What's needed next
Tom Higginbottom, Roshan Adhikari and Timothy Foster 10 Jun 2021

AgricultureNew targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture
Anja Gassner, Philip Dobie and Terry Sunderland 7 Jun 2021

AgricultureClimate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers
29 Apr 2021



RetailIs that a good egg? How chocolate makers rate on social and environmental measures
John Dumay and James Guthrie 6 Apr 2021

ESG & SustainabilityScaling up bioenergy production could substantially raise water stress - new study
12 Mar 2021

AgricultureKenya dairy farmers double income, milk yields with climate-smart fodder grasses
10 Mar 2021

AgricultureA common soil pesticide cut wild bee reproduction by 89% - here's why scientists are worried
Philip Donkersley 3 Mar 2021



AgricultureNew mangrove forest mapping tool puts conservation in reach of coastal communities
Trevor Gareth Jones 15 Jan 2021

AgricultureTractors can change farming in good ways and bad: lessons from four African countries
Thomas Daum 29 Dec 2020

AgriculturePublic-private partnership grows Kenya's agriculture fortunes in a tough year
Nelson Maina 28 Dec 2020

AgricultureAlmost 90% of the world's animal species will lose some habitat to agriculture by 2050
David Williams and Michael Clark 22 Dec 2020

RetailSingapore approves cell-cultured chicken bites - who will be the first to try them?
Chris Bryant 7 Dec 2020

AgricultureGlobal food system emissions alone threaten warming beyond 1.5°C - but we can act now to stop it
John Lynch 9 Nov 2020



AgricultureDigital small-scale models could help SA's pandemic-stricken farmers
Professor Cyril Nhlanhla Mbatha 17 Aug 2020

AgricultureSmaller farmer's fields can reduce biodiversity loss and increase wild plants, birds, beetles and bats
Lenore Fahrig 13 Jul 2020

AgricultureCoconut oil production threatens five times more species than palm oil - new findings
Erik Meijaard 7 Jul 2020







ESG & Sustainability4 African finalists make the shortlist for Commonwealth Youth Awards 2020
19 Feb 2020





AgricultureTrees in South Africa are under attack. Why it's proving hard to manage
Trudy Paap 6 Feb 2020
