Could the soil of Africa be developing an unstoppable malaise that will transform our continent from an innocent victim of climate change into its main driver? It seems the answer may be yes.

MORE than 40 percent of East Africa’s soils are degraded, with climate change and soil erosion posing a major threat to ...

USUALLY the soil is regarded as something particularly stable, but this stability is almost wholly due to its normal covering of vegetation. There is always a danger that if the cover of ...

SanLei is owned by South Africa-based Mergence Asset Managers, through its Lesotho Private Equity Fund. The main investor in ...

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The report shows that over 40 per cent of East Africa’s soils are degraded, which poses a severe threat to agriculture, food security and livelihoods across the region. In Kenya, the situation ...

Africa's past holds its future. If we are serious about regenerating our soils, feeding our people, and fighting climate change, we must embrace and elevate these indigenous agricultural practices.

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Nzioka Ngwasi, from Ngilani village who has rehabilitated a huge gulley that threatened to swallow the village. He's using the gullly water course to plant bananas, pasture, trees to hold soil ...