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Unstoppable momentum of habitat loss could compromise sustainable life on Earth

Article Joyce Msuya - 7 May 2019

Tough decisions ahead for humankind, if we hope to save the planet

UN: North Korea food production ‘lowest for a decade’

Article Sebastien Berger - 6 Mar 2019

Adding to the sanctions against them, North Korea's struggle to feed itself has hit a new low.

Turn Africa’s cities into vertical farms

Article Esther Ngumbi - 16 Nov 2018

Although the problems are enormous, cities can also offer unique opportunities to reduce poverty, deliver prosperity and economic development

Bigger farms needed to feed nine billion

Article Sipho Kings - 5 Oct 2018

That’s not the research findings the proponents of small-scale, organic agriculture want to hear

Ivory Coast cashes in on the cashew

Africa Christophe Koffi - 30 May 2018

From tiny harvests two decades ago, the West African country now holds the cashew crown, supplanting India as the biggest producer of the nut

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How barcoding is helping South Africa track its precious pollinators

Article bogdan TagDiv - 16 Nov 2017

Almost one third of the food we eat comes from animal pollination, but understanding the plants and pollinators relationship isn’t straightforward.

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