Shamba Shape-Up, a Kenyan reality TV show, is helping farmers improve the condition and productivity of their farms.

SciDev.Net reporters across the developing world describe exciting initiatives aimed at supporting innovation in local communities and remote areas.

The Okavango Research Institute is drawing on African and international expertise to tackle challenges in a broad range of disciplines.

Interest is growing in tools and innovations that can ease the workload imposed on women farm workers, report M Sreelata and Naomi Antony.

The key to tackling hunger in Africa is enriching its soil, according to a story in Nature. The big debate is how to do it.

Denis Kyetere, executive director of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation, outlines his vision for the continent's farmers.

An organic farmer has invented a mobile phone application called 'iCow', which lets farmers register their herds and receive expert advice.

Controversy over fracking for natural gas has spread to Africa, where it is feared that the extraction process could deplete water supplies.

The InfoClim project, which distributes climate data to local communities, has helped Senegalese farmers adapt to climate change. SciDev.Net investigates.

Faced with increasing pressure to grow food, and with growing support to test biotechnology, more African countries may start cultivating GM crops.

Innovative, smart approaches to farming that could save time and labour have piqued the interest of farmers from across the globe.

Southern Sudan is rebuilding its agricultural research from scratch, but can it attract the diaspora back to help? Paul Jimbo reports.

A better understanding of the wide genetic diversity of indigenous African livestock is needed to secure current and future productivity.

The development of more nutritious cassava varieties — using non-GM methods — could alleviate malnutrition in the developing world.

As Ug99, the deadly fungus blighting African wheat, marches eastward, scientists across the globe are scrambling for ways to outsmart it.

What will the Gates Foundation's links to a network of agricultural research centres mean for tackling hunger, asks Yojana Sharma?

With artificial glaciers and more, a Himalayan region is regaining food self-sufficiency, writes Surabhi Pudasaini.

Jatropha will not be saving the world anytime soon, say researchers, but it could work in local biofuel projects in developing countries.

Ambitious reforms aimed at meeting the world's food demands lie ahead for the agency that networks agricultural research in poor regions.

Climate change is a reality in developing regions, who say the international community must not neglect better adaptation strategies.