Development and promotion of sustainable crop and animal production for smallholders in Africa

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A man and a woman standing in a green vegetable garden. A man sitting outside a mud house surrounded by goats

By Subramanian Sevgan on behalf of the Environmental Health theme team, icipe

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Major challenges to crop production in Africa 

  • 96% of cultivation in Subsaharan Africa  is rainfed
  • Climate change
  • Low adoption of technologies 
  • land degradation
  • soils deficient in nitrogen