Food systems are increasingly disrupted by climate disasters, while also being a major contributor to climate change. World leaders at COP28 vowed to do something about it.
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Kenya’s GMO policy about-turn was underpinned by improved safeguards on top of a commitment to review each new application on a case-by-case basis.
The future food security of nearly 1.5 billion Africans depends on the actions and decisions that are made today.
The internet and smartphones have enabled customers to make more informed choices by using sites where customers share their experiences.
Hardline positions could narrow the options available to farmers and conservation practitioners in a way that can be harmful to both.
Research questions the idea that getting commercial seeds and fertilisers to smallholder farmers will double yields and incomes.
African governments risk repeating mistakes of the 20th century with damaging consequences for poverty, food security and economic development.
Potato cyst nematodes suppress crop growth and can cause huge yield losses of up to 80%, and even total crop failure.
Many of the tools needed to tap into the potential of Africa’s livestock sector exist already.
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Professor, University of Nairobi
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Associate Professor in Development Economics, Wageningen University
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Research associate, KU Leuven
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Professor of Sustainable Development, University of Notre Dame
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Senior Research Fellow, Global Development and Environment, Tufts University
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Research Associate, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester
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Senior Research Fellow, CGIAR
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General nematologist, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
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Research Professor, Cornell University
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Research Associate in Earth Observation and Food Security, University of Manchester
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Research Fellow, CGIAR
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Soil Health Scientist, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
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Professor and Chair of the Department of Agricultural and Bio Systems Engineering, Makerere University
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Professor of Sustainable Development, Michigan State University
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Senior Lecturer in Water-Food Security, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering, University of Manchester