School farms boost food security in Kenya’s drylands
At Inaarok Lukuny Comprehensive School in Kenya's Kajiado County, pupil enrolment has more than doubled over the past year, rising from 240 to more...
Home Gardens: A Lifeline in South Africa’s Cost-of-Living Crisis
For 51-year-old Zandile Shinga from ePlazini in rural Mtwalume, a small plot of land in her garden has become a powerful shield against South...
Shoprite marks milestone of 300th community food garden with Bredasdorp project
Shoprite’s network of community food gardens has reached a major milestone, with the Zero Organic Waste to Landfill Project outside Bredasdorp officially recognised as...
“Green Manure”—Cover Crops, Regenerative Agriculture and Food Sovereignty on Kenya’s Family Farms
Regenerative agriculture—rebuilding the soil’s organic matter to improve soil health and reduce water and chemical inputs—is gaining ground among farmers around the world. Even...
Angola, IFAD, and partners team up on AgriConnect to transform agriculture
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today joined the Government of Angola, the World Bank Group and development partners in launching the Angola...
West African farmers gain access to dozens of high-yielding, climate-smart vegetable varieties
Jute mallow trials at WorldVeg in Benin. Pic by Neil Palmer (for the Crop Trust).
Smallholder farmers across West Africa are set to benefit from...
New layer-hen project by SAAI, AfriForum, Batlhako ba ga Motlhware Traditional Council & NHTKL...
A joint layer-hen project was launched today in Batlharos, the capital of the Batlharo Ba Ga Motlhware cultural community north of Kuruman in the...
WOAH x GALVmed: Expanding Vaccine Access for Small-Scale Livestock Producers, Featured in “Animals &...
A new series presented by WOAH, produced for WOAH by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions, explores the connections between animals, people and the environments we...
Perseverance Pays Off for Mtingwevu Farming Initiative
The joint agricultural development initiative by Saai, AfriForum, the office of Nkosi Zweloxolo Stokwe and the Adopt-A-Village Rural Food Security Initiative has reached an...
How AI is rewriting the rules for smallholder lending
Before sunrise, across small plots of land stretching from the temperate rural heartlands of Southern Africa to the tropical landscapes of East and West...