Margaret Silas is a Kenyan farmer who grows coffee, sweet potatoes, mango, macadamia, arrow roots and trees on her farm.…
Consortium News Archive for August, 2011
Micro-irrigation shows new ways to beat hunger
(Excerpts from an Alertnet article by Jerome Bossuet : Climate Conversations – Micro-irrigation – with Bollywood backup – points to…
The revival of traditional dry-land crops
The drylands of Africa are among the poorest and most food-insecure areas in the world. Farmers in these areas struggle…
Announcing: CGIAR briefing on the Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa (Sept. 1 – Nairobi)
Update: The recorded webcast is now available on our Horn of Africa page Research Options for Mitigating Drought-induced Food Crises WHEN: 10:30…
Report: Investments in Pastoralism Offers Hope for Combating Droughts in East Africa
ABN’s interview with Dr Andrew Mude, Project Leader of Index-Based Livestock Insurance Program at the International Livestock Research Institute. As…