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    Africa agriculture
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    October 18, 2023

    Sixteen Businesses, One Mission: Advancing Landscape Restoration and Entrepreneurship Across Africa

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Farmer with mangoes at Goshen Farm Exporters Ltd.
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    January 27, 2023

    Restoring a Degraded Ethiopian Watershed for Water and Livelihood Security

    • food security
    • agriculture
    • poverty
    • Climate Equity
    • Freshwater
    This view of the degraded Minzir 01 watershed shows evident signs of gully formation and low stream flow.
    • food security
    • agriculture
    • poverty
    • Climate Equity
    • Freshwater
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    December 20, 2022

    Meet 16 African Businesses Restoring Land and Making Money

    • restoration
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Aerobic Agroforestry staff happy in a full greenhouse
    • restoration
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    March 29, 2022

    Meet 20 Entrepreneurs Restoring Land in Malawi

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Women collect seeds in a Malawi field
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    October 4, 2021

    Entrepreneurs Need Funding to Restore Africa's Degraded Land

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • COP26
    Caroline Kariuki, CEO of Kenya's GreenPot Enterprises, with one of her employees at a bamboo nursery. The company's bamboo helps farmers restore degraded land and make extra income.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • COP26
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    October 4, 2021

    Les entrepreneurs ont besoin de financement pour restaurer les terres dégradées de l'Afrique

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Caroline Kariuki, CEO of Kenya's GreenPot Enterprises, with one of her employees at a bamboo nursery. The company's bamboo helps farmers restore degraded land and make extra income.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    June 25, 2021

    3 Strategies for Water-Wise Development in Ethiopia

    • Water Security
    • water risk
    • Climate
    • agriculture
    People drive herds of oxen and sheep great distances to water them at this reservoir.
    • Water Security
    • water risk
    • Climate
    • agriculture
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    February 3, 2021

    Energy Access Is Key to Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Recovery

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    A young South African woman holds up a cloth face mask next to a sewing machine.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Technical Perspectives
    September 15, 2020

    INSIDER: Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation into Development: Three Lessons from Kenya

    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • food security
    Herders in Kenya.
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • food security
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    July 29, 2020

    Missing Links Between Electricity Access and Development Priorities in Africa

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • sustainable development goals
    • electric grid
    • development
    • agriculture
    • health
    • low carbon development
    Nurses care for newborns at a maternity hospital in Sierra Leone. Photo by Dominic Chavez/World Bank.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • sustainable development goals
    • electric grid
    • development
    • agriculture
    • health
    • low carbon development
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    June 11, 2020

    Africa’s Restoration Entrepreneurs Aid in COVID-19 Response

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • restoration
    A man working on a farm.
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • restoration
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    May 19, 2020

    Which Countries Are Most Vulnerable to Locust Swarms?

    • agriculture
    • food security
    • mapping
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • mapping
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    October 25, 2019

    Attention Investors: African Entrepreneurs Are Restoring Land and Making Profit

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    Caroline Kariuki co-founded GreenPot Enterprises to help farmer-investors plant bamboo and restore degraded land in Kenya. Photo by Will Anderson/WRI.
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    July 9, 2019

    Kenyan Herders Are Switching from Cattle to Camels to Adapt to Climate Change

    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    Camel traders at a livestock market in Kenya
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 9, 2019

    Congo Basin Deforestation Threatens Food and Water Supplies Throughout Africa

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Water Security
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Women model the handmade baskets they use every day in Malolo 2, Republic of Congo.
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Water Security
    • deforestation
    • agriculture

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