Planting a mixture of crops and variations in land management are tactics for adjusting to different soil and water systems. This paper seeks to discuss the 2 major African farming techniques that are common in all regions.

The technique involves concentrating water and manure at one spot, thereby favouring crop growth in a context of scarce, unpredictable rainfall. To achieve this, seed pockets are prepared during...

In Guinea and the forests of West Africa, there is a hidden history of enriching the soil with natural techniques handed down through generations to sustain food crops without artificial...

From ancient fertilizer methods in Zimbabwe to new greenhouse technology in Somalia, farmers across the heavily agriculture-reliant African continent are looking both to the past and future to respond to climate change.