The United Nations has recognized an initiative to restore degraded farmlands in sub-Saharan Africa with a special award.

Africa exhibits some of the oldest species ... while the savannah supports grasses, shrubs and the acacia tree, the favorite foods of giraffes and elephants. But most of the grasses of the bush ...

Acacia is a term that refers to more than 1,200 varieties of tree and shrub species that are native to Australia and Africa, but are also grown in parts of Asia, the Pacific Islands and North America.

The extract is harvested in a very similar way to how you would harvest maple syrup from a maple tree.’ But it’s not the first time it’s been touted within the realms of beauty and wellness. ‘Acacia ...

Fruits from this tree are both sweet and tart, and it is native to Southern Africa. "They have cut it down," she said. "And has been cut down for what? To get firewood for the kiln, curing the bricks.

The global market for baobab products has spiked, turning rural African areas with an abundance of the trees into source markets. The trees, known for surviving even under severe conditions like ...

In a farming community located in the south-central Democratic Republic of Congo, Dorcas Tshabu is turning a childhood dream ...

Many African plant names included the word caffra – derived from an Arabic word meaning infidel that was used to identify the southern African region and its indigenous inhabitants. Although the ...

An early morning in Kenya's Maasai Mara game reserve - with wildebeest quietly grazing, birds crowding on the branches of a lone acacia tree and some ... played out on the African savannah.

In the early and mid-1980s, soil fertility fell in marginal areas surrounding the Sahara Desert in Africa as people cut trees to make room for agriculture, and soil loss accelerated. Simultaneously, ...

Trees are widespread in the five Sub-Saharan African countries studied, with more than 30% of all rural households reporting cultivating trees on their farms. The economic contribution of on-farm ...

By Rachel Nuwer Rachel Nuwer has reported on earlier concerns about baobabs as well as the trees’ evolutionary origins. Baobabs are arboreal icons that have punctuated Africa’s landscapes for ...