Backgrounder: Nature-based Solutions admin | May 15, 2023 This edition’s story from Ghana presents a particular “Nature-based Solution.”Nature-based Solutions (NbS) can be defined as “actions to protect, sustainably […]
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe: Community-run tree nursery and garden reduces deforestation and feeds families (Mongabay) admin | March 19, 2023 In Nyamukondiwa village, in the Guruve district of Zimbabwe, a local woman named Perseverance Ganga is bringing new hope in […]
Flood-tolerant rice admin | March 19, 2023 Flood-tolerant rice is a solution for flood-prone areas. This video takes a closer look at how to select suitable rice […]
Zambia Zambia: Hunger makes HIV medicine difficult to take (Global Press Journal) admin | February 20, 2023 Mary Phiri walks frailly, occasionally wiping the morning dew from her arms as she searches for food in her maize […]
Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Brazzaville: Seeking alternatives to slash-and-burn agriculture in the Mayombe forest John Ndinga-Ngoma | February 6, 2023 The Mayombe forest is an important part of the Congo Basin, one of the world’s main ecological lungs. But the […]
Confronted by climate change, farmers share their challenges and solutions admin | January 6, 2023 Over the next 25 years, temperatures in Burkina Faso are likely to rise by about one degree Celsius, and scientists […]
Tanzania Tanzania: Communities conserve trees and forests by planting indigenous species Gaudensia Mngumi | December 12, 2022 It’s midday in Chanjale village in northern Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro region. Cows are mooing, dogs are barking, and birds are chirping. […]
Kenya Kenya: Regenerative agriculture as a pathway to a sustainable food system Charles Chulu | November 25, 2022 Worries about infertile soil and loss of biodiversity—along with the loss of native seeds—are becoming only more common. Many agricultural […]
Cameroon Cameroon: Linking traditional and cultural knowledge and modern science to fight climate change Charles Chulu | October 31, 2022 Until recently, climate change was mainly seen as driven by a Western agenda and as something that has nothing to […]
Uganda Uganda: Lawmakers work to ease tensions between farmers and herders (GPJ) admin | September 19, 2022 Alice Aber runs a small food business in Gulu district’s Palaro town. Last November, Mrs. Aber was expecting a big […]