Changing weather and planting practices have led to increased yields. This is an Inside Science story. Few of climate change’s varied dangers are more dire than its potential to make the world’s farms ...
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Nigerian farmers talk about how climate change is affecting staple food crops – and what can help
Climate change caused drought and flooding is damaging Nigeria’s staple foods, maize, cassava, millet and yam, smallholder ...
Drying rice seed on a farm near Mongu, Zambia. Credit: Luke Olsen, S.J. In July, a group of farmers gathered in a small mission style chapel about two hours outside Mongu, the capital of Western ...
Bananas make up one of the largest tropical fruit export chains, with 20 million metric tons of bananas exported annually; a whopping 100 billion bananas are eaten globally each year. According to a ...
Farming is central to life in Zambia, with about 60% of the country's labour force relying on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihood or income. Seasonal rains shape planting and harvesting, and ...
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