Stories tagged: crop production

Zimbabwe: Sorghum and millet as a solution to food insecurity during crises (IPS)

admin | November 23, 2020

For Sinikiwe Sibanda, planting more sorghum and millet than maize has paid off. With the coronavirus pandemic resulting in decreased […]

Linda Dede Nyanya Godji | November 9, 2020

Comfort Appiah beams with delight as she inspects her flourishing cocoa farm. Wearing a brown plaid dress and a pair […]

Harouna Sana | October 26, 2020

Wématou Ougue farms in Tiébélé, a village in south-central Burkina Faso more than 150 kilometres from the capital, Ouagadougou. Mr. […]

admin | October 11, 2020

World Food Day is celebrated every year on Oct. 16. This year’s theme is “Grow, nourish, sustain. Together.” This theme […]

Jamila Hamisu | September 14, 2020

It’s early Sunday morning, the temperature is about 25 degrees Celsius, and the rainy season has just begun. With a […]

Ted Phido | September 14, 2020

It’s around eight o’clock in the morning and Bello Iliyasu is already riding a motorcycle—not by choice, but because there […]

admin | August 31, 2020

This week’s Farmer story from Eswatini underlines the importance of protecting key elements of the environment, in this case wetlands. […]

admin | August 17, 2020

Nobukhosi Cebekhulu and Khetsiwe Tofile are both well into their sixties. The women sit outside Mrs. Tofile’s home in Malkerns, […]

admin | August 2, 2020

The agricultural season is underway in much of West Africa and farmers are feeling the impacts of COVID-19 in new […]

Toheeb Kunle Jaiyeola | March 29, 2020

It’s a Sunday morning, but Jibril Sule Dakasoye is on the way to his farm. He’s riding his old bicycle […]