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Sierra Leone news: Agric. Minister launches national resilience priorities

Awoko (April 10, 2017) | Minister of Agriculture, Monty Jones, launched the National Resilience Priorities at the Ministry’s conference hall in Freetown over... Read More >>

Climate change is undermining sustainable development in Myanmar. Here is what can be done about it.

Devex (April 6, 2017) | Myanmar’s national government and some international development groups are adopting different but complementary approaches to tackling... Read More >>

Burning rain forest hard habit to break in palm oil industry

Bloomberg (August 31, 2016) | Cleaning up the image of companies that produce the world’s most-consumed vegetable oil is proving more difficult and costly than... Read More >>

Sudan: Two UN agencies team up to help smallholder farmers, promote food security

UN News Center (August 21, 2016) | Two United Nations agencies – the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP... Read More >>

Satellites and high-tech solutions help African farmers face historic drought

Phys.org (August 29, 2016) | African and European researchers are employing high-tech water management research methods to help low-tech South African... Read More >>

Africa: Agriculture sector players commit to increase agriculture finance

All Africa (August 3, 2016) | Experts and practitioners in rural and agriculture finance have committed to increase finance in the sector as the international... Read More >>

Climate-smart farming can ease the Earth's environmental deficits

Thomson Reuters (August 19, 2016) | Farmland expansion is responsible for over 90 percent of global deforestation and degradation, while agriculture, forestry... Read More >>

Drought affects over 52 million Africans

New Era (August 19, 2016) | World Humanitarian Day, commemorated on 19 August each year, is a time to recognize those who face danger and adversity in order to... Read More >>

100 million needed to save drought-hit farmers in Southern Africa

SABC (August 16, 2016) | The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UN-FAO) said at least US$100 million would be required to help farmers in 10... Read More >>

Senegal floods expose need for community warning, preparation

Thomson Reuters (August 15, 2016) | Little is left in the house where Fati Camara lived with her four children, after it was hit by heavy rains last month. Read More >>