Why Studying Agriculture Could Change Africa’s Future
Early in the morning, Daniel checks his small maize field behind his home. Not long ago, he knew very little…
Category: Agriculture
Crop production, farming techniques, seed technology and farmer stories from across the continent.
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Nigeria’s Cold Chain Gap Leaves Millions Hungry
LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria grows more food than almost any other country in Africa, but poor logistics after harvest mean millions…
Africa Produces Enough Food. So Why Do Millions Still Starve?
In many parts of Africa, the fields are green, and the markets are full. Farmers bring rice, maize, cassava, yams,…
WHEN FOOD PRICES SPIKE, FOLLOW THE MONEY
An investigative look at power, profit, and the price of survival There’s a certain kind of headline that shows up…
Stop Watching Oil. The Real Crisis Is Food and Fertilizer
While much of the world watches oil prices and stock markets, a more serious problem is quietly unfolding. It is…
The African cat that guards the rice
How a working cat can save a season of food At night, when the cooking fires cool and the streets…
Farmers grow the harvest. Policies decide who eats.
When the sun rises over Musanze in northern Rwanda, a woman balances a heavy bunch of bananas on her head…
How Africa Is Finding Practical Solutions to Climate Change
In parts of Africa, farmers no longer ask whether the climate is changing. They ask whether the rains will come…
January in West Africa
What the First Month of the Year Really Means for Food and Poverty January is often treated as a clean…
Africa’s Hungry Millions Sit Beside Untouched Fertile Land: Why the System Is Failing Farmers Like Kwame
Ghana, West Africa-Kwame sits on land his family has farmed for generations in Ghana’s Bono Region. The soil is rich,…