Soil erosion is a silent threat to our food supply; conservation practices offer a solution to long-term productivity
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Nigeria: Increasing fertiliser production
While agriculture accounts for about 40 per cent of its national GDP, Nigeria produces only a small portion of the fertiliser consumed by its farmers; that is about to change
Designer rice for Mozambique
Mozambicans will soon get locally-grown rice developed especially to meet local consumer preferences
Kenya pushes ahead with GM cotton plans
Kenya will have its first commercial genetically modified cotton crop in 2014 when seeds are released to farmers
DRCongo: fresh start for coffee producers
Long years of civil war and instability set off a crippling decline in coffee production in the Democratic Republic of Congo: now the DRC government has a strategy to bolster recovery of the sector
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