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Radical Guide to the World Food System

First understand the system and then the necessary changes become obvious, says author

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Agricultural Cost of War in Rwanda

Crops with no one to harvest them, lost varieties of staple foods - the legacy of war

• 13 mins

Camels for the Nomads of Northern Kenya

Farm-Africa's camel team travels with the nomadic pasturalists in Northern Kenya

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Saving the Soil of Guatemala

Solving problems of soil erosion and irrigation in Guatemala

• 14 mins

An End to Endoparasites?

Ways of eradicating livestock endoparasites in African countries with no access to drugs

• 13 mins

Can the Cassava Mosaic Virus Be Stopped?

The cassava mosaic virus is causing crop loss and food shortages in eastern Africa

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Africa's Food Crisis

'Political stabilities are not built on empty stomachs,' says Norman Borlaug

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Will Fish Farming Succeed in Africa?

Can fish farms make up the shortfall of fish in Africa?

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Carbon Capture in Colombia

How carbon dioxide is being "captured" by new plantings on Colombian savannah

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Albania's Farming Revolution

From state farms to independent farmers, Albania's agricultural revolution of the 1990s

• 13 mins

Can Multiple-Crop Canopies Work?

Stopping plants' shade-avoidance response might be the secret of multiple-crop canopies

• 12 mins

Water: Our Most Precious Resource

Water for Life is the theme of UN Food Day this week

• 13 mins

Turkey's GAP Project

Turkey's 22-dam GAP project will generating electricity and provide irrigation

• 14 mins

Nitrogen-Fixing Rice Varieties

New nitrogen-fixing rice varieties mean greater yields with less fertilzers

• 13 mins

Agricultural Scientist Thomas Hargrove Kidnapped in Colombia

CIAT researcher Thomas Hargrove is missing, presumed kidnapped, in Colombia

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Central America's Small-holders

How small-scale farmers struggle to survive in Panama and Costa Rica

• 14 mins

Global Exodus from Rural to Urban Areas

Better quality of life for farmers will combat global threat of urbanization

• 12 mins

Royal Smithfield Show: Farming Comes to London

Livestock and new farming developments at the Royal Smithfield Show, London

• 13 mins

Aids Crisis in Rural Uganda

How farming communities are suffering with the Aids epidemic

• 14 mins

Agrochemical Residues in Our Food

Testing and regulating fertiliser, hormone and other chemical residues in farm produce

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In Praise of Urban Farmers

Celebrating the 200 million urban farmers worldwide who help feed 700 million people

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Something Different for Christmas

Farmers round the world doing something a little different at Christmas time

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Tobacco: a Demanding and Risky Crop

Why tobacco isn't always profitable for the small farmers of central and eastern Africa

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The Pesticide Problem

Use of chemical insecticides is causing more problems than gains in many countries

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EU Aid System: In Need of Reform?

EU aid system is criticised for bad management and wasting money

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Protecting Livestock from Plant Poisons

How genetically engineered bacteria could protect livestock from acacia poison

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Tagging Genes for Livestock Breeders

Australian geneticists identify beneficial genes for livestock breeders

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Securing IFAD's Future to Help Poorest Farmers

Farming fund that helps poorest countries secures funding for the next three years

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New Growth in South Africa's Western Cape

Projects to help disadvantaged smallholders in South Africa's Western Cape

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New Commitment to Inclusive Agricultural Research

Agricultural research policies need to be made by everyone involved, declares CGIAR

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