Read full article By Busani Bafana @ Inter Press Service Photo Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct 27 2020 (IPS) – For Zimbabwean farmer Sinikiwe Sibanda, planting more sorghum and millet than maize has paid off. As the coronavirus pandemic has led...
Read full article By William Inganga @ STAR- Cereal Cultivation Photo Credit: COURTESY Gladys Kemunto began cultivating finger millet (wimbi) in 2018 after a friend told her about the crop. The friend had bought seeds from the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research...
Article originally published in A recent study involving 2,822 students in Central and Northern Tanzania suggests it is possible to change children’s negative attitudes on protein-rich pigeon peas, increase their acceptability, boost nutrition, and increase incomes....
Read full article By One Acre Fund News Photo Credit When maize crops were threatened in Kenya, so were our farmers’ livelihoods. An Unanticipated ProblemIf you’ve ever visited Kenya, you have likely come across ugali, a stiff porridge usually made from maize...
Read full article By Lovejoy Mutongwiza @All Africa Photo Credit: Lovejoy Mutongwiza Grappling with hunger and food insecurity is one of the major challenges that global communities, and Zimbabwe in particular, have been experiencing since the 1990s. In 2016, Zimbabwe...