Tami Hultman Handmade green houses, supported by the Kenya Women’s Finance Trust, enable Kenyan farmer Catherine Lasoi Lenina to grow and sell more produce to the area’s expanding population – and to earn more to support her family GUEST COLUMNBy Nixon Gecheo Nairobi — The agricultural sector is a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas ...

Pastoralists walking with their herd of cattle in Kenya. Photo by: Kabir Dhanji / ILRI Livestock CRP / CC BY-NC-ND African livestock production systems are not homogenous, and taking a one-size-fits-all approach to emissions reduction will not work. The global community needs to be more nuanced in our approach to transitioning to sustainable, low-emitting, and climate-resilient ...

Researchers conducted 30 in-depth interviews and a focus group with farmers in Offinso, a farming area in southern Ghana. Offinso is traditionally known for both food and cash crops production in Ghana. Farmers in the area produce crops that include maize, vegetables, pawpaw and cocoa. Agriculture in the area is largely rain-fed. Farmers were asked ...

By Kathy Short And Chrispin Mwakideu As Africa grapples with the impact of climate change, a UN-funded project is helping women farmers in Zambia to adopt new cultivation methods and remain profitable and productive. Extreme weather conditions threaten the livelihoods of millions of small-scale farmers in Zambia. Rain-fed farmlands haven’t been spared as flood waters ...

Sharm el-Sheikh,November 2022: The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and climate and impact fund manager Camco signed a Memorandum of Understanding today to ramp up investments in climate-resilient agriculture in Southern Africa. Rural populations across Southern Africa are heavily dependent on rain-fed agriculture for subsistence farming, which puts them at the frontline of worsening ...