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Deals between African governments and foriegn companies are pushing small farmers off their land. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gatesfoundation/5791348682/in/photostream">The Gates Foundation (Flickr)</a>

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Invest in farmers - not land grabs

In the race to buy up African land, small farmers may be the biggest losers.

Apps4Africa helps African farmers to be more productive in the face of climate change. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iicd/5348358125/sizes/m/in/photostream/">IICD (Flickr)</a>

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Made in Africa: Three mobile apps to fight climate crisis

As the Apps4Africa climate challenge announces its winners, African farmers and communities gain new market tools in tackling the everyday challenges of climate change. And who better to design these tools than Africans themselves?

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Who grows your food?

Roughly one third of the world's population works in the agricultural sector. That's a lot of jobs.

Iraq's most lucrative export after oil - dates - has seen declining production since the American-led invasion began in 2003. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ikhlasulamal/3542981557/">Ikhlasul Amal (flickr)</a>

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Declining Dates in Iraq

The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the subsequent violence has left the country struggling to survive. Now, Iraq’s economy is suffering even more due to declining production in one of its most thriving exports after oil: dates.

Sugar is a popular commodity in India, where imports are expected to rise as droughts cause sugar prices to rise by 50 percent. Here vendors make sugar cane juice. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim-c/229985380/in/se">Jim-C (flickr)</a>

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India's Sugar Struggles

Sugar rushes tend to be followed by sugar crashes.

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Using Biofuel To Help Fight Poverty In Kenya

Kenya is looking to the jatropha tree as a way of reducing the country’s dependence on imported fossil fuels and developing a biofuel industry.

Photo: <a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/theroadtothehorizon/2176951127/">Pete Casier, UN World Food Programme (flickr)</a>

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The Real North Korean Crisis

When you think of North Korea, you may first think of the ongoing nuclear weapons debates and political squabble with the U.S. Yet according to the latest United Nations report, the most significant problem affecting North Koreans is the current shortage of food there.