Tag: West Africa

With climate change intensifying across the Sahel and West Africa, East-West Seed, one of the world’s leading vegetable seed companies, is introducing new climate-smart vegetable seeds. These new seeds are designed to help smallholder farmers across the region adapt to erratic weather, protect yields and improve nutrition. The initiative is targeting farming communities in Northern Ghana, Northern Nigeria, and other parts of the dryland belt where rainfall patterns have become increasingly unpredictable. East-West Seed is rolling out climate-resilient, hybrid varieties of tomato okra,and amaranth developed for short growing cycles, heat tolerance and disease resistance. These varieties offer farmers, including a growing number of young entrants into agriculture, the chance to harvest...