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Food is Yam: How to Sustain a West African Staple that Saps the Earth

In West Africa, yam is a staple. But it saps the earth of nutrients, leaving...

No Turning Back: A Dairy Shakeup For Kenya’s Smallholders

Women have little power when it comes to land in rural Kenya. But Beatrice Yamumu,...

Fostering collective capabilities and action for sustainable agricultural intensification in Myanmar

In Myanmar, small-scale farmers, agribusinesses, and industrial companies are competing for access to land, causing...

Mehr Wissen bedeutet mehr Sicherheit: Pestizide im kubanischen Kartoffelanbau

Wie sich ausgebrachte Pestizide in kubanischen Böden und Kartoffeln verhalten, wusste man bisher nicht. Das...

Más conocimiento significa más seguridad: los plaguicidas en el cultivo de la papa en Cuba

Hasta ahora no se sabía cómo se comportan los plaguicidas aplicados en los suelos y...

Ventures for richer soil: Turning organic leftovers into compost in Ghana

Farmers struggling with depleted land tap techniques to make quality fertiliser from oil palm and...

An app for apples: Safeguarding ancient fruit forests in Central Asia

Citizen science and early testing could save the world’s cradle of pome trees from fire...

A better life off the land: Villagers join forces in Myanmar

As forest and farmland dwindle, a project bets on collective action to get smallholders on...

Improving yam productivity in West Africa

The productivity of yam, a staple food in West Africa, can be significantly increased by...

Why is it important to look at agricultural casual workers?

Research highlights the importance of casual agricultural workers for sustainable development in rural Rwanda. This...

Restoring grassland by managing invasive tree species in Tanzania

Invasive weeds, shrubs and trees keep invading arable land in many African countries. They cause...

Higher incomes, better lives? Effects of agricultural change in Nepal and Rwanda

Commercialisation of agriculture has effects on multiple dimensions of human life in Nepal and Rwanda....

Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Agro-industrial and Smallholder Farming Systems in Kenya

Farms in the global South show heavy use of pesticides such as herbicides, insecticides and...

How can we manage invasive weeds in arable lands?

Invasive alien plants cause significant additional production cost and crop losses in agriculture. This video...