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Local knowledge forms the backbone of a programme in Benin that aims to help farmers adapt to the effects of climate change.

Africa is starting to produce more food for its people by embracing farming technology, according to a new UN report.

Africa has plenty to offer at climate negotiations in return for financial help, says its newly-elected climate leader.

The African Union looks set to demand US$67 billion a year for technology transfer, training of scientists and data collection.

A new fund will help Africans share their knowledge of adapting to climate change.

As African nations heat up, many could use maize varieties cultivated in hotter nations. Not so for a band of countries in the Sahel.

Aims to boost Africa's weather forecasting are taking advantage of its mobile phone infrastructure to mount weather stations on masts.

Biofuels from both food and non-food crops will be produced as a result of a research collaboration involving Brazil, Egypt and Sudan.

Researchers have found that keeping livestock as well as growing crops will reduce African farmers' vulnerability to climate change.

Small farmers across the developing world could benefit from a project to measure the amount of carbon locked in soils.

Extreme droughts have been common in West Africa over the last 3,000 years, scientists have found.

Developing countries have been funded to take part in the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation scheme.

South Africa aims to employ carbon capture and storage technology by 2020, starting with the creation of an atlas of potential sites.

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that African forests are absorbing a substantial amount of extra carbon.

An Ethiopia-based study has revealed that access to information is one of the most important factors for small farmers adapting to climate change.

African nations should heed scientific advice when deciding on climate change issues, says a scientist at a symposium in Africa.

Sediment cores taken from Lake Tanganyika in East Africa reveal that local rainfall is influenced by climate change in the Northern Hemisphere.

Researchers have mapped climate change hotspots around the globe, focusing on specific hazards including floods, cyclones and droughts.

Conversion to croplands in East Africa, fuelled by climate change, will contribute greatly to global warming, predict scientists.

G8 leaders pledge to cut carbon emission levels to 50 per cent by 2050, but developing countries continue to insist on more concrete targets.