Drought resistant maize seed for TZ

Maize varieties found to be resistant to a viral disease, which has caused havoc to farmers in East Africa in recent years, have not yet been released as they are awaiting further screening.

Bad farming practices and lack of rain in the growing season are the main cause of the famine currently hitting Mpwapwa residents, it has been said.

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The 2015 World Athletics Championships offered Tanzania an opportunity to regain its lost pride in athletics. But we failed to seize the chance and it left a bad taste in our mouths.

South Africa is facing one of the worst droughts to hit the region in 30 years, affecting food production and prices, while many small farmers are expected to go out of business, writes the BBC's Nomsa Maseko.

Can Ethiopia cope with worst drought in decades?

The Middle East’s driest winter in several decades could pose a threat to global food prices, with local crops depleted and farmers’ livelihoods blighted, UN experts and climatologists say.

>The government has promised to undertake measures which would ensure the country produces at least 30,000 tonnes of improved seeds by next year

The Turkana region in northern Kenya is facing one of the worst droughts in living memory with more than 1m people in need of food aid.