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NAIROBI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The UN specialized agency on combating hunger on Monday urged African states to embrace traditional crops in order to combat climate change.
Wilson Ronno, Crops Officer at The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Kenya, told a...
Boosting Crop Biodiversity in Malawi
16 March 2018
16 March 2018
Global Impact of Local Farmers
Lilongwe, Malawi, 8 March 2018 – “What the farmers in Malawi’s Mzuzu district are doing in their fields through this Benefit-sharing Fund project is important for their families and their local communities, but...
Norway committed to support agriculture sector
12 March 2018
12 March 2018
Norwegian Government has said it is committed to continue supporting Malawi in agriculture sector so that the country should end hunger.
The assurance was made by Norwegian Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Hanne Blafjelldal during a press briefing on International...
Considered unimportant and slowly being forgotten, indigenous crops such as pearl millet, finger millet, pigeon peas, cow peas and sorghum are not only nutritious, drought resistant and cost effective as they need little or no fertilizer but also adaptive to...
First Visit to Famers’ Fields in Malawi
Mzuzu, Malawi, 4 March 2018 – Hanne Maren Blafjelldal, Norway’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food joined FAO’s International Treaty Secretary, Kent Nnadozie, on a very special field mission in Africa...