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Food production systems in West African towns and cities

Léopold Ghins27 April 2020

There is no better place to get a sense of the bustling life of West African towns and cities than their major food markets. Nobody who has shopped in one of th... Lire la suite...

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Biotech seeds and farmers’ seeds in Africa: the diversification route

Pierre Jacquemot16 April 2020

Download in PDF In December 2019, Kenya decided to authorise the commercialisation of transgenic cotton within the country. “This should help farmers... Lire la suite...

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The palm oil sector in Côte d’Ivoire: a summary of the challenges of sustainable development

Document Fondation FARM30 March 2020

At the round table held on 27 February at the Paris International Agricultural Show, the Foundation for World Agriculture and Rurality (Fondation pour l’Agricul... Lire la suite...

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The social and economic roots of the war in the Sahel

Serge Michailof16 March 2020

Télécharger le dossier en PDF At the start of this decade, France has been at war in the Sahel for seven years, and it is difficult to see a way out of the... Lire la suite...

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Investing in women: African experiences

Hélène Le Teno2 March 2020

Following on from the Willagri report "Empowering women in rural Africa", here is the story of two women-focused development projects in Cameroon and Burkina Fa... Lire la suite...

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Towards ecologically intensive agriculture in Africa

John Mahrav17 February 2020

According to UNDP figures, 31 out of 36 countries with a low HDI (Human Development Index) are in sub-Saharan Africa. The region is home to more than half the w... Lire la suite...

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Agricultural land available in sub-Saharan Africa?

Pierre Jacquemot2 January 2020

Download it in PDF Forecasts on the potential of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa on the basis of which large scale land transactions are being deployed, are ... Lire la suite...

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Experiences organising agricultural networks in West Africa

Frédéric Hénin23 December 2019

The economic boom in West Africa is related to the agriculture and agri-food sectors. Feeding 500 million increasingly urbanised Africans by 2030 has kickstarte... Lire la suite...

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Protective measures against the importation of agricultural products: current situation and key issues for sub- Saharan Africa

Document Fondation FARM9 December 2019

Download it in PDF This dossier consists of two distinct parts: 1) An overview of protective measures against the importation of agricultural products: curre... Lire la suite...

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Food production systems in West African towns and cities

Biotech seeds and farmers’ seeds in Africa: the diversification route

The palm oil sector in Côte d’Ivoire: a summary of the challenges of sustainable development

The social and economic roots of the war in the Sahel

Investing in women: African experiences

Towards ecologically intensive agriculture in Africa

Agricultural land available in sub-Saharan Africa?

Experiences organising agricultural networks in West Africa

Protective measures against the importation of agricultural products: current situation and key issues for sub- Saharan Africa

Nitrogen consumption increases in Sub-Saharan Africa

How to increase levels of organic matter in soil – a permanent challenge

North Africa, the world’s largest importer of wheat in 2020/2021

Fear of coronavirus benefits robotic agriculture

West Africa won’t run out of fertilizers