Agriculture

Articles

• No regrets ? There are many !
  26 juin 2015

  Africa should have no hunger because we have the capability, the land and the people. 60 per cent of uncultivated arable land is untapped in Africa. Small-scale farmers produce over 70 per cent of the food consumed in Africa, on less than 15 per cent of the agricultural land available on the continent.
  Despite this huge resources and potential, this continent together with other developing countries are host to 852 million hungry residents who require constant support. Money is not (…)

• Cameroun, à qui profite l’huile de palme ?
  22 mai 2014, par Samuel Nguiffo

  Par sa situation dans « la ceinture africaine du palmier à huile », une bande de terres allant du Liberia à l’Éthiopie, le Cameroun est devenu depuis 2009 une destination privilégiée pour les investisseurs du secteur. Depuis la privatisation de la Société camerounaise de palmeraies (Socapalm) en 2000, le groupe français Bolloré en est le premier actionnaire. Acteurs classiques de la filière (le malaisien Sime Darby, l’indien Siva Group, l’américain Cargill) et nouveaux planteurs (l’américain (…)

• Fonio For Food
  15 juillet 2022

  Though laborious, growing fonio, one of Africa’s oldest cultivated grains, is simple and reliable. It grows naturally where mainstream crops such as wheat and rice are harder to cultivate. It is also well adapted to the climate, nutritious, tastes good and can be stored far longer than other grains. Fonio has long been misunderstood by western researchers, who labelled it “hungry rice” because it was eaten more during periods of food scarcity due to its quick and dependable growth. However, (…)

• Protect the Planet
  18 juin 2015

  Soil is one of the most important resources we have, if not the most important. It sustains all our agricultural and livestock food production, wood for fuel production, filters water so that we can drink it and fish can live in it. We also use it for construction - therefore it sustains our homes and infrastructure. Despite this, soil is endangered. The UN estimates that nearly a third of the world’s soil is degraded and in sub-Saharan Africa, that figure is closer to two-thirds. 34 of (…)

• How the US agrochemical lobby is meddling in the future of Kenyan farming
  6 octobre 2024, par Anthony Langat, Cynthia Gichiri, Elena DeBre, Margot Gibbs

  This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian.
  By Anthony Langat, Margot Gibbs, Cynthia Gichiri and Elena DeBre
  Kenya has responded to rising food prices and climate shocks with a drive for intensive farming, but environmentalists warn that weak pesticide regulation and pressure from the US agrochemical lobby are putting the health of farmers and the wider public at risk.
  President William Ruto has said that Kenya needs to become agriculturally self-reliant to save (…)