Eastern and Southern Africa

New bean varieties developed in Africa will significantly reduce cooking times and promote greater uptake of the nutritious crop among rural communities.

A new smartphone application is helping smallholder farmers in Eastern Africa become more resilient to the impacts of climate change while improving income and nutritional security.

ACIAR has launched a new project in Africa to protect banana growers in Mozambique and Tanzania against Fusarium wilt.

A new project aiming to climate-proof Zimbabwean farms through improved access to small scale mechanisation to reduce labour bottlenecks has been launched.

Researchers are collaborating on a new project to tackle emerging pests and diseases threatening a highly profitable and environmentally beneficial tree in Ethiopia.

A new research project to protect and improve lentil production in Ethiopia has commenced.

New research in Malawi and Zambia will investigate food loss across the food systems in Mzuzu and Lusaka.

A new study has found that Alnus trees in agroforestry systems significantly contribute to capturing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.