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Poverty reduction

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Gender equality

How a transgender tobacco farmer in Zimbabwe is fighting for dignity

In a country where queer people face exclusion, formal agriculture offers rare stability. Yet significant risks remain.

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by Lungelo Ndhlovu

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Export commodity

Burundi tea farmers under pressure

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by Mireille Kanyange
World Bank President Ajay Banga speaking at the financial institution’s annual meeting in Marrakesh in October.

Our View

Close funding gaps

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by Jörg Döbereiner
The debt has become unsustainable: President Hakainde Hichilema (3rd from right) visits Chinese-financed water infrastructure in Lusaka Province in July 2022.

Regional integration

Why Zambia needs the AfCFTA

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by Beaulah N. Chombo
Processing cow’s milk locally can create jobs.

Labour market

Developing Malawi’s food sector

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by Rabson Kondowe
Farmers and nomadic herders need the same land: herd grazing between fields in Niger State in 2018.

Justice

Land-use conflicts undermine food security in Nigeria

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by Adaze Okeaya-inneh

Technology

A mobile app extends much-needed credit to smallholders

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by Rabson Kondowe
Landless rural people protesting in Brazil’s capital Brasília.

Farmers’ rights

Secure land tenure boosts resilience to global heating

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by Valeria Pesce
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by Romy Sato
Farmer watering her plants in Rwanda.

Funding

Investing in rural communities

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by Satu Santala

Pension money

Benefits for Zambian workers

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by Derrick Silimina
The climate crisis leads to more severe weather events like flooding, destroying harvests worldwide.

Our view

Integrated rural development matters more than ever

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by Hans Dembowski