Decades of food delivery and 'miracle' seeds haven't addressed underlying causes of hunger. But new efforts to replicate Africa's original ecosystems are generating impressive, sustainable results.

Unique Acacia Tree's Promise To Revive African Soils. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 08 / 090824182535.htm. World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).

(MENAFN- The Conversation) The conflict in Sudan has turned attention to a rarely discussed commodity: gum arabic. This product, the dried sap of certain species of acacia trees, is used mainly as ...

Across the Sahelian zone of Africa, native acacia trees offer a natural defense against the advance of the desert. Its deep roots can span up to six times the height of the tree, ...

Thousands of seeds from native African tree species and indigenous varieties of crops have been deposited in the cold, dry rock vaults of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the permafrost of ...

Did you know that acacia trees in Africa cry out when giraffes eat their leaves? (Downing et al., 2020). Did you know that chopping off the limb of a tree can cause it to suffer terribly?

Having lost their bodyguards, the acacia trees are being obliterated by elephants. The lions, which are ambush predators, rely on the tree cover to stalk and hide before pouncing on zebras.

This product, the dried sap of certain species of acacia trees, is used mainly as an additive in the soft drinks industry. Sudan accounts for about 70% of global gum arabic exports.

Did you know that acacia trees in Africa cry out when giraffes eat their leaves? (Downing et al., 2020). Did you know that chopping off the limb of a tree can cause it to suffer terribly? Perhaps ...

This product, the dried sap of certain species of acacia trees, is used mainly as an additive in the soft drinks industry. Sudan accounts for about 70% of global gum arabic exports .