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Concerned over losses of forests globally which is estimated at 200 km² of forest a day, FAO now calls upon countries to participate in preparing the next Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) against the background of heightened climate change debate

There is increasing use of chemicals and pesticides among Kenyan farmers now that the government is focused on boosting crop yields yet there is lack of regulation and information to guide users.

Botswana has replaced Kenya at the European Union  beef export quota due to the country's failure to manage diseases.

The Self-Supported Ghanaian Subsistence Farmers Consortiums initiative aims to bring together subsistence farmers help them use of their potentials, opportunities and resources has been announced winners on ideas on how to help solve rural Africa's greatest challenges and strengthen agricultural development by the Africa Rural Connect (ARC), a new online community hosted by The National Peace Corps Association.

Scientists at the University of Glasgow are embarking on a project to try to establish how and when Southern Africa obtained its unusually high elevation – which might also explain a key event in human evolution.

An agreement in Copenhagen to fund reduced emissions from deforestation may generate multiple environmental and economic benefits if investments simultaneously target sites that are both carbon and biodiversity-rich. But the new report, published today in the journal Conservation Letters, also warns of challenges in countries such as Brazil and parts of East Africa unless safeguards are followed.