People not just places determine the right choice for agricultural water storage in Africa. The Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW) convened by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and hosted by the Government of Ghana is taking pl…
PRESS RELEASE: (19 July, 2013)A new study released today by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and International Water Management Institute (IWMI)finds that so much water may be lost in the Volta River B…
Why is livestock crucial?At the household level, agriculture plays a major role in the livelihood security for the majority of the East African population. At the national level, all these households add up to make a big impact.
Thanks to Africa’s size, interest in enhancing agricultural productivity, large uncultivated areas and more, getting climate-smart agriculture practices both tested and scientifically improved on the continent is very much a possibility.This was …
“All the maize for my home consumption comes from my aflasafe™-treated field,” says farmer Alhaji Al-Hassan from Nigeria’s Kaduna State. “When I take my maize to the market, buyers rush for it because the quality looks better. The grains look…
