Since 2005 up to 227,000 square kilometers (87,645 square miles), an area nearly the size of Ghana, has been acquired in sub-Saharan Africa for large-scale agricultural and forestry concessions. And ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The chimpanzee nest was a few months old, but there it was, right next to the tracks of the endangered forest elephant. We were in a conservation ...

Agriculture forms the backbone of Africa’s economy, providing livelihoods for a significant portion of the population and ensuring food security for millions. However, the continent faces numerous ...

Over two centuries after cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) were first cultivated on a commercial scale in East Africa, this fragrant spice continues to hold a pivotal place in the region’s socio-economic ...

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A delegation of forest activists from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria traveled to Zaventem, Belgium, to stage a protest in June outside the headquarters of SIAT (Societe d'Investissement pour ...

COMMON WISDOM #6: Women provide the bulk of labor input in African agriculture, regularly quoted to be 60 to 80%. Two messages emerge. First, the findings question prevailing assertions that ...

Andries du Toit received funding from the UK Department for International Development and the Economic and Social Research Council to conduct this research. After being out of fashion for a long ...