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Agriculture

See also: Commodities, Environment, Hunger, Land reform, Trade, Women

Woman storekeeper boosts Malawi farming — January 2007

Water insecurity threatens farmers — January 2007

Boosting African farm yields — July 2006

Is cassava Africa's new staple food? — July 2006

Africa starts a fishing ‘revolution’ — April 2006

HIV/AIDS: AIDS and agriculture network launched —October 2005

Tobacco control: 'golden leaf' loses its lustre — October 2004

Locusts threaten West African harvests — October 2004

Farmers embrace African 'miracle' rice — January 2004

Agriculture: Africa's 'engine for growth'— January 2004

Controversy rages over "GM" food aid — February 2003

Pesticide 'time bomb' ticking in Africa— June 2001

FAO secures patent for tropical product — October 2000

Mozambique: The cashew industry's sad saga of liberalization — October 2000

Mozambique: ensuring small farmers' access to land — October 2000

Food security through science — December 1999
[Box 1: Mixed progress in combating African hunger]

A prize for women farmers — December 1999

Simple engine transforms village life — September 1999

Namibia: Agriculture still marked by years of apartheid — April 1999

Wanted: a green revolution of a different kind — February 1998
[Box 1: From biotechnology to farmers' traditional knowledge]

Improving Africa's water supply — October 1997
[Box 1: Strengthening water basin management in the Zambezi]
[Box 2: FAO promotes African food security]

Across Africa, obsolete pesticides pose threat to health — October 1997

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