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Climate Money Risks Deepening Africa’s Soil and Biodiversity Crisis – Report

Neville Ng'ambwa August 25, 2026

Climate finance could unintentionally reinforce the input-intensive agricultural model linked to soil degradation, declining crop diversity and land expansion in Africa, a new AFSA report warns. The report calls for climate funding to prioritise diversified, low-input and agroecological farming systems that strengthen resilience to drought, erratic rainfall and rising input costs.

Food Systems

Sagana Dairy Farm Offers Lessons In Safer, Climate-Smart Food Production

Neville Ng'ambwa July 28, 2026

A dairy farm in Kirinyaga County is demonstrating how climate-smart agriculture can improve food safety, cut emissions and boost farm profitability. By combining solar energy, biogas, organic fertiliser and traceable milk production, Meved Dairy Farm is showing how sustainable farming practices can strengthen food security while reducing agriculture's environmental footprint.

Food Systems

Ancient Maya Knowledge Helps Guatemalan Farmers Cut Agrochemical Use

Correspondent June 15, 2026

Farmers in Guatemala are reviving ancient Maya agricultural knowledge to create natural biopesticides from locally available plants, reducing dependence on costly agrochemicals. The approach is improving soil health, protecting biodiversity, and helping communities build more sustainable and resilient food systems.