The Alien Invasive Fruit Flies project in Southern Africa, supported by the International Development Research Centre and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, has come up with five technologies as part of an integrated pest management (IPM) package to counter the devastating effects of fruit flies
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Rallying call to improve African and global cotton production
As the business of cotton production continues to attract global attention, there are concerns about how sustainable the practice of growing, harvesting, and production will be, especially for lower income regions like Africa, producer of over 5% of the global cotton production and more than 9% of the world’s cotton export
Research and farming institution from Zimbabwe wins FAO Award
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) honoured three research and farming institutions, one of which was from Zimbabwe
Building community and ecological resilience through forest landscape restoration
The Atebubu and Wiase Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) Living Lab is offering a more resilient food system, greater income and the opportunity to restore nature to farmers living in the Bono East Region in central Ghana
European Investment Bank to support increased rice production in Liberia
The European Investment Bank is planning to support large-scale investment to increase rice production and enhance food security in Liberia
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