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The 50th anniversary of Earth Day (April 22) is falling in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic—a coincidence that should prompt reflection on where we are heading as a species.

Over the last few days event and travel cancellations have been flooding my inbox, with large conferences and even smaller meetings cancelled across Africa. I too had to call off some of my trips that had been planned for this month.

Based on recommendations of the 2017 inaugural BR, the African Union Commission (AUC) and its technical partners including the IFPRI-led ReSAKSS made a number of important improvements to the second BR.

Crop yields in Africa south of the Sahara are generally low, in large part because of low fertilizer use.

This post is written by David Spielman and Katrin Glatzel, International Food Policy Research Institute “Digital agriculture” means different things to different people.

The deadlines to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris climate goals draw ever closer.

Over the past two decades we’ve seen widespread progress across Africa in overcoming the multiple obstacles to economic growth and eradicating poverty.

In most of Africa south of the Sahara, women rarely own land. Instead, women farmers usually access land through a male relative, most commonly a husband, brother, or father.

On May 30, 2019, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement entered into force.