Potatoes bred at The James Hutton Institute will help to battle a major pest in Kenya, Experts say
The Malaika potatoes By Deborah Olaoluwa Scientists from The James Hutton Institute have introduced two new potato varieties to Kenya,...
Stakeholders unite to boost Seed Access for Resilient Food Systems in West and Central Africa
By Deborah Olaoluwa African agriculture is at a crossroads! Faced with climate change, demographic pressures, and heavy reliance on external...
Un financement à long terme soutient la banque de gènes d’AfricaRice et l’avenir de la diversité rizicole
By Ken KOUTCHAKPO Plus de 35 millions de petits riziculteurs à travers l’Afrique devraient bénéficier de l’accord signé le mois...
Long-Term Funding Supports AfricaRice Genebank and the Future of Rice Diversity
By Ken KOUTCHAKPO Over 35 million smallholder rice farmers across Africa stand to benefit from the agreement signed last month...
TAAT, AfricaRice and Partners eye Rice Value Chain Revolution across Africa
By Deborah Olaoluwa Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) in collaboration with the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), the Mastercard Foundation,...
From Africa to Seville: Communities Demand Financial Justice to Confront the Climate Crisis
by Ken KOUTCHAKPO As the world’s most powerful financial leaders meet in Seville this week for the UN Financing for...
TAAT and Partners Assess Adoption of Ag-Innovations in Benin
By Deborah Olaoluwa A delegation from the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) programme and its partners, led by the...
South Sudan shuts schools for two weeks after students collapse due to extreme heat
Copyright AP Photo Brian Inganga Many schools in South Sudan have makeshift structures and no electricity for cooling systems. South...
‘Surrounded by an Ocean of Sand’: Desertification pushes Ancient City to the brink of oblivion
Copyright AP Photo Khaled Mouley Chinguetti, Mauritania is home to some of West Africa’s oldest Quranic texts and manuscripts. It...
Botswana flash floods kill seven, displace thousands
Photo of flood - by Nour Gelle Gedi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Flash floods across Botswana have killed seven people including three...
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