It might be supposed that a hungry continent would exploit all its available food plants to the fullest, but in Africa’s case that is not so. The region below the Sahara is home to hundreds of ...

When Carren Jobita started growing African leafy vegetables in 2023 out of passion, she had no idea this venture would turn her into a successful entrepreneur. Her hard work, dedication and resilience ...

Two garden beds at Longue Vue House & Gardens are rooted in the global diaspora of people from Africa, featuring herbs and vegetables with deep connections to the past. The culinary and medicinal beds ...

Christopher Angote, 48, from Munungo village in Emuhaya Constituency, spent eight years as a teacher, shaping young minds before he embarked on a journey into commercial farming. "A teacher employed ...

As cities grow, more people need food. However, space for farming is limited in cities. Building facades can offer a solution for growing food. We asked landscape architect Karen Botes to tell us ...

Anne-Marie Urukundo, the African Communities Coordinator for Outgrowing Hunger, clears brush and tills land at a garden project for African refugee growers in May 2023. On a warm May morning, in a big ...

Gabriel Rugalema, regional director of the World Vegetable Center (World Veg), joins GFSP Senior Adviser (Non-resident) Julie Howard on this episode of Reset the Table to explore the role that African ...

IOWA CITY — Most Iowans don’t know how to cook with pumpkin leaves, hibiscus leaves and amaranth, but Alfred Matiyabo grew up with these African crops and believes he can find new markets in the ...

In a recent study we looked at the funding challenges facing smallholder farmers in the vegetables value chain. A smallholder farmer is someone engaged in agricultural activities on a small scale, ...

Given the fact that it already grows almost everywhere in the tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions, okra would seem misplaced in a book on lost crops. Furthermore, only in a few locations ...