AASW6 – Press and Online Coverage

AASW6 Press coverage

Soil fertility as key to food self-sufficiency (Daily Independent)

FARA: How Africa Can Feed Africa (The Guardian Nigeria)

For Africa to Feed Africa… “Make Peace” with Climate Change (The Accra Mail)

Climate change to hit Volta Basin for energy, farming (Global Post)

Canada and Australia join forces to improve food security in Africa (Wall Street Journal)

FARA opens 51 side events, calls for greater collaborations (People’s Daily)

Invest in agriculture, Africa’s Diaspora urged (Africa Review)

Radio interview with Robert Zougmore, Regional Program Leader W.Africa, CCAFS (BBC)

Ghana hosts 6th Africa Agriculture Science summit (Africa Review)

Agriculture Science Week sets agenda for Africa’s food security (Modern Ghana)

Experts arrive in Accra for Africa Agriculture Science Week (Africa Business Review)

Vegetables for Ghana’s vulnerable (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Fast-growing groundnuts keep Ghana’s farmers afloat amid climate shifts (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Africa Agriculture Science Week in Ghana (Farming First)

Agricultural researchers must back local climate innovation (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Ghana hosts 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week (GhanaWeb)

AASW6 Online coverage

From honey-making bees to fried termites: could insect science contribute to Africa’s food security? (CCAFS)

Science without engagement will not change Africa (CCAFS)

Committed to helping Africa feed Africa (CCAFS)

Youth engaging youth in agriculture (Young Farmers Foundation)

Africa could take the lead on climate-smart agriculture (CCAFS)

Tackling toxins with aflasafe™ (CIMMYT)

For Africa to Feed Africa… “Make Peace” with Climate Change (CCAFS)

New technologies for cocoa farming pull youth, secure chocolate (ICRAF)

Climate Change Could Deprive Volta River Basin of Water Desperately Needed to Boost Energy and Food Production (CCAFS)

How Africa can feed Africa (IITA)

Enhancing small farmers’ access to improved technologies for increased productivity and resilience (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

FARA’s Science Week July 15-20 (IFPRI)

Empowering women with climate-smart varieties (ICRISAT)

Forging pro-poor collectives helps sustain Africa tropical dry forests (CIFOR)

Changing the Role of Donors in Agricultural R&D: How do we build capacity for the future? (IFPRI)

Sustainable intensification: a tool in the sustainable food system toolbox (CCAFS)

More people, more trees: the pathway to food and nutritional security in Africa (ICRAF)

Video: Voices from 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week 2013 (ILRI)

Smallholders could feed Africa more efficiently (ILRI)

Mobilizing biosciences for agricultural development – it takes more than technology (Africa BioSciences)