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Malawi El Niño Plan: Drought-Tolerant Maize, Land Prep & Legumes

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Your Malawi El Niño Plan: Tough Maize, Smart Land Prep, and Legumes That Pay

Beat El Niño in Malawi: prep tied ridges or basins, plant drought-tolerant maize, and double up pigeonpea and groundnut to protect your yield and income.

5 min read 31 July 2026 Read

Cowpea (Niebe): The Sahel's Insurance Crop for a Shaky El Nino Monsoon

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Niebe: The Low-Risk Legume That Protects Your Income This Season

Cowpea (niebe) is the Sahel's low-risk crop for a shaky El Nino monsoon — fast, nitrogen-fixing, dual-purpose. Get…

5 min read 30 July 2026 Read

Quelea Birds: How to Protect Your Sorghum and Millet, Warn Your Neighbours, and Turn the Swarm Into Cash

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One flock eats 20 tonnes a day — here's how to save your grain

Red-billed quelea can strip a sorghum or millet field in hours. Learn how to protect your grain, warn nearby farme…

5 min read 29 July 2026 Read

Ethiopia's El Niño Exception: Protect Your Kiremt and Meher Crops in a Drier Season

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In Ethiopia, El Niño may dry your highlands — not flood them

El Niño can push Ethiopia's highlands drier while the coast floods. Protect your kiremt and meher crops with tied …

4 min read 29 July 2026 Read

Aura Farming for Young Farmers: Digital and Precision Farming Tools You Can Run From Your Phone

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Aura farming, for real: +4% yield straight from your phone

Aura farming isn't just a meme — see how young African farmers use digital tools, farm monitoring and precision fa…

5 min read 28 July 2026 Read

How to Read a Seasonal Rainfall Forecast Before You Plant (2026)

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The season's odds are out — don't plant blind

A seasonal rainfall forecast gives you the season's odds months before the rains. Here is how to read the terciles…

5 min read 28 July 2026 Read

Green Mealies: How to Grow and Sell Fresh Maize Cobs for Early-Season Cash (Zimbabwe & SADC)

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Cash by the cob: sell maize weeks before the grain crowd

Green mealies pay fast: pick field maize at the milk stage and sell fresh cobs at a premium. How to grow, time and…

5 min read 27 July 2026 Read

Growing Maize in a Dry Year: The Agronomy That Protects Your Yield When Rains Are Short

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Short rains? The right maize variety adds 11 bags a hectare

Facing a short El Niño season? Choose a drought-tolerant, early maize variety, plant on the first effective rains,…

5 min read 27 July 2026 Read

Zimbabwe Land Preparation for El Niño: Winter Ploughing and Pfumvudza Basins

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Dig your Pfumvudza basins now, before the El Niño rains

Prepare your Zimbabwe land in the dry winter for the 2026-27 El Niño. Dig Pfumvudza/Intwasa basins, plough wisely …

4 min read 24 July 2026 Read

West Africa's Monsoon and El Niño: Protecting Your 2026 Main-Season Crop

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El Niño won't fail your season — but it can punch a dry spell in it

West Africa's 2026 monsoon is running mixed, and El Niño can still bring dry spells and an early end to the rains.…

5 min read 23 July 2026 Read

El Niño in East Africa 2026: Floods, Not Drought — and How to Prepare

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This El Niño won't dry your farm — it'll flood it

In East Africa, El Niño means heavier October–December short rains and flood risk, not drought. Here's how to prot…

5 min read 22 July 2026 Read

What Is El Niño — and What It Means for Your Farm in 2026/2027

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El Niño is back: drought in the south, floods in the east — plan now

El Niño is a Pacific Ocean shift that changes Africa's rains — drier in the south, wetter in the east. Here's what…

5 min read 21 July 2026 Read

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