Nairobi — Experts want the ox-plough, sub-Sahara Africa's most popular farming equipment, banned for causing soil degradation. Speaking ahead of the third conservation agriculture congress, the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The ploughman turning over the soil, burying weeds and presenting a fertile seedbed for next year’s crop, has ...

Two years ago, Eamonn McDonagh made a decision. For a long time, he had used horses to help him work the land, but he had grown tired of their flighty temperament. He was searching for alternatives.