New research has found that smallholder farmers in Malawi can grow bigger maize crops if they plant maize with legumes in deep beds with natural ditches to catch water alongside.
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Transitions to diversified farming systems in Africa will require financial support. But barriers can be overcome.
Soil underpins Australia’s economy – yet since Europeans arrived, the natural asset has steadily been degraded. A new national plan aims to change that.
Africa’s declaration to boost agriculture on the continent has seem some progress but a lot still needs to be done.
Long viewed simply as ‘germs,’ the hidden half of nature turns out to be crucial to the health of people and plants.
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Professor of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
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Research Program Manager for the Cropping Systems and Economics (CSE) program, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
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Senior Scientist: Agricultural Economics and regional representative for the CIMMYT in Southern Africa, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
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Chair professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Department of Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems, University of Hohenheim
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Professor of Sustainable Development, University of Worcester
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Professor, Global Development, Cornell University
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Senior Lecturer in Soil Microbiology in the Crop and Soil Sciences Department, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Professor, University of Toronto