Climate
The hub for agriculture and farming news on climate in Africa.
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International researchers in Malawi to understand how weather, climate change impact agricultural production
A five-member team of weather and climate change researchers from France, Italy, Poland, Kenya and Tanzania has arrived in Malawi…
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Partnership led by Roeslein Alternative Energy wins US$80 million grant to develop new Climate-Smart Agriculture Value Chain
A partnership of 14 public and private entities led by Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE) has been awarded US$80 million from…
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Cameroon tomato farmers count losses to wild weather and lockdown
Tomato farmer Gregory Ngwana is used to good years. But this season, wild weather – too little rainfall and then…
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Heavy rains in Ivory Coast boost prospects for main cocoa harvest, but hurt mid-crop
Above-average rains last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions bode well for the start of the next main…
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Coffee production faces climate risk for Africa’s top grower
Ethiopia, Africa’s largest coffee grower, could face “significant volatility” in the crop’s yields in a decade due to changing weather…
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Climate-smart cassava gets new use in Zambia
To deal with drier conditions brought by a shifting climate, farmer Pamela Nyirenda last year shifted to growing drought-hardy cassava,…
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A Million people face food shortage in Ethiopia due to locusts
One million people are in need of emergency food assistance in Ethiopia after the worst desert locust outbreak in decades.…
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Rain-short Zimbabwe fights taboo against farming drought-hardy grain
Samuel Mudziwepasi lost his entire maize crop in the last farming season, when a drought ravaged much of Zimbabwe. Now…
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