Search
-
Article
Finding fakes: Mobile phones help detect counterfeit seeds in Kenya
A push by Kenya Seed Company to help farmers verify the authenticity of seed is helping them protect harvests in the face of climate change
-
Article
Dried-up pastures push Kenya's Maasai to mix cattle with crops
As worsening drought linked to climate change damages the grazing land herders need to feed their cattle, a growing number are turning to agriculture for extra income
-
Article
As drought stokes urban hunger, Ethiopia dishes up free school meals
As poor rains cut harvests, driving up food prices in cities, Addis Ababa authorities join charities in feeding hungry children
-
Article
Rain or shine, grain banks help Kenyan farmers beat trade cartels
When a harvest is better than expected, storage facilities mean farmers keep the extra cash, rather than middleman traders
-
Article
In warming Mali, weather forecasts help cool flaring tempers
Raising a crop - or a cow - is getting harder in Africa's drought-hit Sahel, but knowing what's coming can help
-
Article
Bangladesh tries new way to aid flood-hit families: cash up front
Money in advance of an expected disaster can give vulnerable people resources to avoid the worst losses, backers say
-
Article
Milking it? Ethiopian farmers fight drought with insured cows
A project that lends drought-hit farmers money to buy a dairy cow, then insures the animal in case it gets sick, aims to bring in extra income - but some have struggled to make it pay
-
Article
Bugs and biogas: Kenyan farmers get creative to fight 'devil's' cactus
Farmers are fighting back against the prickly pear, a non-native, invasive plant which destroys the grass that feeds their animals
-
Article
In fuel-short Mali, farmers find money in saving tree stumps
A method to regrow and partially cut trees is spreading in West Africa as a way of sustainably producing fuel - and income
-
Article
Where is the promised money, campaigners ask at climate talks
Faced with mounting costs from climate-linked disasters, poorer nations need help quickly, activists say at Bangkok negotiations
© 2018 | Terms of Use