blog post by Syngenta Foundation executive director Simon Winter about the plight and needs of smallholders and the opportunities for supporting them

news by SDC about the consequences of the drought in East Africa and about its activities in the region, supporting development projects and humanitarian relief efforts to mitigate the crisis

news by ETH about the RUNRES project in which ETH researchers together with African partners are creating circular economies that use processed organic waste and human excreta as fertilizer or animal feed, resulting in higher crop yields and new jobs.