In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming—where cattle, goats and sheep roam freely across grasslands, grazing at will—has been the main form of livestock production. It has been a source of ...

Farming has long been seen as low-status work across much of Africa, pushing young people to cities in search of office jobs ...

When I was a boy growing up in KwaBhaca in the Eastern Cape, springtime didn’t arrive with a date on a calendar. The land told you. Suddenly, there were daisies across the hills. Yellow, orange and ...

The agriculture sector’s adaptation to climate change in Africa remains severely underfunded, say stakeholders after the U.N.

Nigeria imported apples valued at N32.26bn from other African countries in the first nine months of 2025. The import bill, according to stakeholders, revealed that the country’s local production is ...

Dr Karen Parry receives funding from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. André F. van Rooyen receives funding from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural ...

Delegates walk past a backdrop for the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) during the opening of the High-Level Leaders Summit in Addis Ababa, on September 8, 2025. Delegates walk past a backdrop for ...

Divya Narain consults for Friends of the Earth, US and has received research funding from the Tiny Beam Fund. In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming – where cattle, goats and sheep roam ...