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How low-tech farming innovations can make African farmers climate-resilient

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imageCommunity education is a vital part of the Malawi Farmer to Farmer Agroecology project.Carmen Bezner Kerr, Author provided

Scientists, politicians and the Pope are not the only ones calling for action on climate change these days. Farmers are observing changes in rainfall, temperature and other patterns in weather that have spurred them into...

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