Discovery Of Male Oriental Fruit Fly Is A Concern For Growers
27 February 2026, NZ: The detection of a male Oriental fruit fly in Papatoetoe, South Auckland, will worry growers. “Even one
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Give Entrepreneurs What They Need, Watch Businesses Soar
27 February 2026, Malawi: In May 2025 in Malawi, Mercy Phiri joined the Business Acceleration for Youth project expecting entrepreneurs to
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Anti-poverty Programs Can Change How People See The State And Each Other
By Katrina Kosec and Cecilia Hyunjung MoFebruary 25, 2026 27 February 2026, Africa: When floodwaters washed away Woudou Oumar’s home in northern Cameroon,
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A Blueprint For Low-emission Cocoa In West Africa
27 February 2026, Africa: When people think of West Africa, cocoa often comes to mind: a crop that shapes rural livelihoods,
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Rethinking Land Optimization: Balancing Nature, People And Productivity
27 February 2026, Africa: With the global population projected to reach around 8.5 million by 2050, the pressure on land is
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Piloting Kenya’s Nature-based Solutions Monitoring And Evaluation Framework: Lessons From Chyulu Hills
27 February 2026, Kenya: MoALD in collaboration with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT under the CGIAR Climate Action Science
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Groundnut Breeding in Eastern and Southern Africa: Regional Review Charts a Clear Path Forward
26 February 2026, Zambia: The Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Groundnut Breeding Program held its mid-year review from June 16–18, 2025,
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How Gendered Is Farm Technology Adoption? Evidence From India
25 February 2026, New Delhi: Indian agricultural policy has long worked with a neat fiction: a single, rational decision-maker called “the
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IUCN signs Memorandum of Understanding with CGIAR
24 February 2026, Africa: The strategic collaboration between the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and CGIAR brings together complementary expertise. CGIAR
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The Right People In The Room: How Zim AEKN Is Turning Agroecology Conversations Into Coordinated Action
24 February 2026, Zimbabwe: Conversations are the engines that turn shared ambition into shared direction. When partners pursue the same vision through different
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