Features
To feed the world, take the science to the farmer
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Experts discuss agricultural research and food security at the 2018 Borlaug Dialogue.
Breaking Ground: Brendan Brown brings research to small-scale farmers
Nutrition, health and food security
Brown’s studies allowed him to develop novel mixed methods and participatory impact pathways to promote new farming practices, such as conservation agriculture, to smallholder farmers in Africa.
‘Merry-go-round’ groups spin Kenyan women farmers to success
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Better together: Partnership around zinc maize improves nutrition in Guatemala
Nutrition, health and food security
CIMMYT, HarvestPlus and Semilla Nueva are working together to reduce the country’s levels of malnutrition, through the development and deployment of the world’s first biofortified zinc-enriched maize.
What is green manure? And how is it helping maize farmers?
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Ten farmers in a hot and dry area of Zimbabwe trial intercropping legumes and green manure cover crops alongside their maize, to assess their impact on soil fertility.
Towards more sustainable food systems through a landscape lens
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Participants in GLF Nairobi 2018 called for concrete collective action to restore degraded landscapes.
African youth find entrepreneurial opportunity in agricultural mechanization
Capacity development
An increasing number of youth across eastern and southern Africa are creating a stable living as entrepreneurs in agricultural mechanization service provision.
