HARARE, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At a makeshift Pentecostal church in one of Harare's poorer western suburbs, dozens of congregants dance during the Sunday service, their hymns echoing ...

Many farmers across sub-Saharan Africa try to coax crops out of sandy soils that are not ideal for holding water and nutrients. Traditional approaches would have them apply more fertilizers and use ...

Over 45 billion tons of soil are lost to erosion every year. Farmers and agricultural authorities in several countries have succeeded in slowing down erosion with the help of nuclear techniques. Here ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) says it has intensified field assessments across Zimbabwe to evaluate the impact of improved soil management interventions being ...

The future of our agriculture will not be secured by seed alone, nor by fertiliser subsidies or short-term climate relief programmes. It will be secured beneath our feet in the soil. Enhancing soil ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — When Benson Wanjala started farming in his western Kenya village two and a half decades ago, his 10-acre farm could produce a bountiful harvest of 200 bags of maize. That has ...

Farmers in southern Zimbabwe are shifting back to growing traditional small grains and maize after experiencing food shortages from the failure of their hybrid maize crops, which haven’t adapted well ...

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When Benson Wanjala started farming in his western Kenya village two and a half decades ago, his 10-acre farm could produce a bountiful harvest of 200 bags of maize. That has dwindled to 30. He says ...