A Project using GPS data connected Ghanaian farmers to new buyers and export markets, and improved the value chain for a range of commodities in the country.

Restoring and preserving dryland forests and planting more tres to provide food, fodder and fertiliser on small farms are critical steps toward preventing the recurrence of the famine now threatening millions of people in the Horn of Africa, according to forestry experts from the CGIAR Consortium.

In Mali’s District, population pressure and deforestation are leading to shortages of woodfuel and charcoal, which local people rely on for cooking and heating. The result is fuel poverty. Now, an innovative Project, AFOVERT Energy, promises to address fuel poverty in the district while delivering other key benefits to local communities and the wider world. A report from Jules Siedenburg and Ousmane Samessekou.