Farmers don’t get efficient information on weather changes, improving data can change this.
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Information to weather changes is often unavailable to Africa’s farmers and even if it does exist, the quality is poor or inaccessible to those who need it most.
Many are questioning South Africa’s constitutional democracy amid high poverty and unemployment.
Reuters/Mike Hutchings
Has South Africa’s constitutional project failed? Is the country’s constitution an obstacle to meaningful redistribution and land reform?
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Subsidies aren’t working but there are other options.
Critics fear the merger of agricultural giants Bayer and Monsanto will drive an increase in use of pesticides.
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The global food system has been operating in post-truth mode for decades.
And don’t expect chocolate ice cream, either.
Barney Moss
Millions of Americans believe brown cows produce chocolate milk? The way the media reported this factoid raises questions about science literacy – but different ones than you may think.
Land reform is thought to have caused the cheetah numbers to fall by 85% in Zimbabwe.
Sam Williams
The land reform programme in Zimbabwe has come at the cost of wildlife and opens up the debate on people versus nature. But there is a way forward.
Demonstration farms showcase agricultural techniques and technologies to improve crops.
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Demonstration farms are a key way in which new knowledge can be transferred to farmers around the world.
The American red swamp crayfish was intentionally introduced to parts of Africa to control snails and as a pet.
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Developing countries have been slow to react to the alien species problem. Its impact can be massively reduced if policies are developed to deal with the issue.
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Diversity, resilience, resistance to disease: seeds must be preserved to ensure we can feed our world in the future.
People gather in Montreal to demand a $15 minimum hourly wage in Quebec and across Canada.
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The minimum wage is rising in many parts of Canada, but it masks the impact of seismic changes to the agriculture, food and retail industries brought about by new technologies.
Technology, like this tea-picking machine in Kenya, can harness agriculture’s power to change lives.
Reuters/Thomas Mukoya
Governments on the African continent must increase their investment in research and development so that science can yield self-sufficiency.
The larger grain borer beetle attacks crops like maize and cassava, threatening food security.
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Many alien plants and animals have been introduced to Africa from other regions and spread from country to country, often having devastating effects.
Stumps on the valley caused by deforestation can aid the spread of Malaria.
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Human alteration of the natural environment will make malaria increasingly difficult to control in the years to come.
A man navigates a dry riverbed in Bamako, Mali. Climate change is contributing to community upheavals.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
Generally conflicts are not caused by climate change. But it can lead to complex security risks.
Forest of Gede Pangrango, Indonesia.
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Agriculture and the pulp and paper industries, forestry and mining also contribute.
Almost all production of freshwater fish includes Tilapia.
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In light of World Oceans Day, it’s important to note the important role aquaculture can have on the continent.
The southern African region can benefit from beneficiating produce like sugar.
REUTERS/Mujahid Safodien
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) roadmap towards greater regional trade integration and development is a good start but lacks detail.
Drought-damaged corn on an Ohio farm, 2012.
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Climate change, rising food demand and globalization are putting pressure on world food production. New research explores the risk of failures in several of the world’s breadbasket regions at once.
Ugandan worker picking tea as exports in the country grows.
Reuters/James Akena
Uganda needs to boost manufacturing and exports to realise the ambitions listed in its social and economic development plan.
Prickly pear is a type of orphan crop.
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Africa’s orphan crops are under-researched and underutilised. They can be a vital tool in combating food and nutrition insecurity on the continent.