fertilisers

Fertilizer Access Grows Farmers, Food and Finance

By Busani Bafana
Brightly coloured cans, bags of fertilizer and packets containing all types of seeds catch the eye upon entering Nancy Khorommbi’s agro dealer shop tucked at the corner of a roadside service station.

Opinion: To Solve Hunger, Start with Soil

By Anne-Marie Steyn
Peter looked confused as he recounted how he’d painstakingly planted potatoes to sell and to feed his family of eight, only to find that when harvest time rolled around he had been greeted with tiny tubers not much bigger than golf balls.

Opinion: Manipulate and Mislead – How GMOs are Infiltrating Africa

By Haidee Swanby and Mariann Bassey Orovwuje
The most persistent myth about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is that they are necessary to feed a growing global population.


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