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Digital innovations to food and agriculture that offer new services for youth and smallholder farmers in Africa

A good number of youth especially in Africa find it difficult to venture in agriculture due traditional ways of farming which require tough manual labour and offer low wages. To make the industry look appealing to this new generations who generally prefer to try their luck finding jobs in cities, there are new key digital …

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Fall Armyworm Status: Impacts and control options in Africa

          The Fall Armyworm (FAW) (scientific name Spodoptera frugiperda) is a moth, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, but it is the caterpillar that causes damage. It has a voracious appetite, it can reproduce rapidly in favourable conditions, and can spread very quickly using the wind. Whilst much …

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