While agriculture accounts for about 40 per cent of its national GDP, Nigeria currently produces only a small portion of the fertiliser consumed by its farmers

UN-EU initiative in Togo produces high returns

Thousands of small-scale farmers are benefiting from the 'grow sorghum' initiative introduced by Zambian Breweries, a subsidiary of South African brewing giant SABMiller a few years ago

Teaching poor farmers better ways to produce poultry and vegetables helps them increase their incomes and improve their families’ living conditions

Research now underway at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (Kari) shows that a modified form of the mosquito net can used to protect cabbage plants from aphids and caterpillars