Rural communities are dynamic and complex. Imposing innovations that don't speak to the needs of these communities will inhibit rural development...
Eness Paidamoyo Mutsvangwa-Sammie 19 Oct 2020
Turning the recovery from Covid-19 into an opportunity for cities to become more sustainable, resilient, and provide access to healthy foods for all...
23 Sep 2020
Google and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has developed a new tool anyone, anywhere can access to obtain multidimensional maps and statistics showing key climate and environmental trends wherever they are...
17 Sep 2020
Food giants muscle in on booming alternative protein market, with dedicated teams to develop and sell plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy...
30 Jul 2020
The steep decline in biodiversity is worrying, especially as wild species are important for pollination and pest control...
Lenore Fahrig 13 Jul 2020
The coconut - an icon of unspoiled tropical idylls - causes more environmental harm than many people realise...
Erik Meijaard 7 Jul 2020
Diseases that devastate African communities are the focus of a brand new short animated film launched this week by The CONNECTED Virus Network, based at The Universities of Bristol and Newcastle in the United Kingdom...
22 May 2020
Self-isolation, lockdowns, working remotely and physical distancing can get you down. Bizcommunity is the daily 'virtual commute' that brings you closer to 19 industry communities...
Bizcommunity.com 15 Apr 2020
'Bee-washing,' marketing claims that purport to help bees, can diminish the important distinction between a honey bee and native bee...
Lila Westreich 24 Feb 2020
With an estimated 40% of all insects threatened with extinction, 73 scientists from around the world decided that something needed to be done urgently to protect insect species...
10 Feb 2020
"We need to ensure that Africa's future farmers not only grow crops but careers as well," argues Sylvia Ng'eno...
Sylvia Ng'eno 10 Feb 2020
Farmers are more likely to adopt and share new practices when their knowledge and experience is taken into account...
10 Feb 2020
The best way of dealing with desert locust, as other locust species, is to adopt a preventive management strategy...
Cyril Piou 7 Feb 2020
A tree-killing beetle that invaded South Africa two years ago and wreaked havoc in the country's towns and cities still hasn't been declared an emergency plant pest...
Trudy Paap 6 Feb 2020
