In farming communities in Burkina Faso, seeds are used, propagated, bred and traded according to an elaborated traditional system. But this system is increasingly under threat: international seed corporations are…
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AA AgricultureAfrican AgendaCurrent IssueSeeds in Africa, future of farmer seed system at risk?
By Stephen Appraku0A raft of changes occasioned by global interventions in African countries has taken the control of seeds from the African farmer into the hands of commercial seed conglomerates leaving the…
AA AgricultureAfrican AgendaCurrent IssueAfter floods, an early ‘lean season’ awaits South Sudan
By Stephen Appraku0‘There will be serious food shortage as early as January 2020.’ South Sudan in the midst of all its political turmoil must brace itself for food shortage the result of…
AA-Cover StoryAfrican AgendaAIMES (African Initiative on Mining, Environment and Society)Climate ChangeCurrent IssueEnvironmentMinerals and DevelopmentMiningNational Coalition on Mining (NCOM)TradeTrade and InvestmentThe African Mining Vision @ 10: familiar tale of grand visions and implementation shortfalls
By Stephen Appraku0The adoption of the Africa Mining Vision (AMV) signaled an African consensus against the mineral governance model imposed by the World Bank as part of its Structural Adjustment Programme policies.…
Burkina burns
By Stephen Appraku0Burkina Faso, once a peaceful country, has been caught in the eye of the terrorist storm as wave after wave of terror is unleashed on it. From isolated attacks, the…
African AgendaCurrent IssueAfrican Agenda 22.4
By Stephen Appraku0Terror stalks West Africa [embeddoc url=”http://twnafrica.org/wp/2017/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AA-22.4.pdf” download=”all”]
African AgendaCurrent IssueDevelopment FinancingEconomic Justice NetworkWest Africa trembling before terror
By Stephen Appraku0Is West Africa ready to contain terror from the fringes of the Sahel, as it threatens to gradually, descend on the whole region, asks *Cornelius Adedze. [embeddoc url=”http://twnafrica.org/wp/2017/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/west-africa-trembling-cover-1.pdf” download=”all”]