Nematodes are dreadful worms that live in the soil and in the roots of many different crops and weeds. Nematodes are easier to prevent than to control. The secret is to: grow healthy seedlings; destroy all sources of nematodes in and near your vegetable field; rotate with crops that are...

Agriculture is Mozambique’s primary economic activity and around 3.2 million smallholder farmers account for 95% of this sector's production. The percentage of smallholder farmers with access to credit facilities in Mozambique has steadily decreased over the past 10 years, while inefficiencies in production and distribution have weakened the competitiveness of...

A agência está satisfeita com adesão ao método para comprar insumos agrícolas; 12,5 mil beneficiários usam os cupões desde a fase piloto; número equivale a mais 2 mil pessoas registadas na província central de Manica. A introdução do sistema de cupão eletrónico em Moçambique está a surtir efeitos positivos, segundo...

Speaking on the e occasion of the official nomination ceremony on behalf of the FAO Director-General, FAO Subregional Coordinator for Southern Africa, David Phiri, said Sustainable Development Goal 2 had established food and nutrition security as a key international development objective. As such, IYP successfully linked the contribution of pulses...

The SADC Consultative Meeting on Preparedness and Response to the Impact of the 2015/16 El Niño on Agriculture and Food and Nutrition Security in Southern Africa was held from 25th to 26th February 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa, with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...

Africa is one of the regions in the world most affected by food price volatilities and production variability. Spiking and volatile food prices have created uncertainty and risks for producers, traders and processors, resulting in increased food insecurity for consumers. At the root of the food price and production variability...

In this Video, we will visit the city of Fayoum where a group of women are collaborating in raising chicks by paying close attention to the chicks’ housing, feed and vaccination programs.

AgWA est un partenariat autonome regroupant des partenaires de développement et des organisations internationales, régionales et nationales en Afrique et ailleurs, qui ont un intérêt commun et des capacités importantes pour soutenir les investissements liés à la gestion de l’eau agricole (GEA) en Afrique. La fonction principale d’AgWA est son...

La promotion des « partenariats public-privé » comme stratégie de financement du secteur agricole en Afrique s’amplifie. Elle répond à la volonté d’une transformation de l’agriculture jugée « traditionnelle » en une agriculture à forte mobilisation de capitaux, capable d’accélérer la croissance agricole et de répondre à la demande alimentaire....

Meet Eunice, a successful smallholder farmer who lives outside of Mombasa, Kenya.In Kenya, around 80 per cent of people have access to some form of farmable land. Although the soil is rich and fertile for farming, many plots of land stand empty or with failed crops. In the Mombasa region, Haller...

Farmers in Morogoro, Tanzania teach how to make compost in an organic and sustainable way. Camera & editing: Simon Egger

Against a background of resurgent land grabs, penetration of capital in the rural landscape and the expulsion of small producers from their pieces of land in most African countries, the Sam Moyo African Institute for Agrarian Studies (SMAIAS) working in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Land and Agrarian Network (ZiLAN) announces...

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Dans certaines régions du sud-est du Sénégal, à la saison des pluies, les habitants se retrouvaient isolés du reste du pays du fait des inondations. Mais avec le Projet d’appui au développement agricole et à l’entrepreneuriat rural, appuyé par le Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA), ce n’est plus le...

The ten-year efforts of the Kaydara Agroecology School Farm, in Senegal, led to concrete benefits for the community and for the environment. Gora Ndiaye, founder of the "African Gardens" association, summarizes the some important features of the project.

This publication responds to calls in regional and global forestry forums to strengthen capacity for effectively developing and implementing payment schemes for environmental services in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission, at its 18th session, called for enhancement of the institutional capacities of member countries and...

A 3-year research-for-development initiative in the Barotse floodplain, Zambia, supported by the CGIAR research programs Aquatic Agricultural Systems and Agriculture for Nutrition and Health, brought scientists and community members together to improve food and nutrition security all year round. Activities included assessing seasonal food availability, dietary intake patterns of the...

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Over 100 international agriculture and food experts, including from 27 African countries gathered in Nairobi to discuss ways to boost agricultural mechanization for the benefit of smallholder farmers in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. Farm mechanization has huge potential for increasing agricultural production and transforming rural families’ livelihoods by reducing...

This policy brief discusses ways to scale up agroecological approaches and suggests actionable advice tailored for various stakeholders, including policy-makers, private sector, financial partners, research and development community and civil society. The brief focuses on how to design scaling up initiatives and provides success as well as failure stories.