As India adds 100 Smart Cities, one tells a cautionary tale
India's $7.5 bln plan to turn 100 urban centres into Smart Cities by 2020 does not address structural issues and ignores the needs of low-income and marginalised groups
Seeds of change: Mali farmers fight drought with hybrid crops
Hardy sorghum is helping farmers bring in a harvest, even when drought destroys other crops
Protect coastal, island communities now as seas rise, scientists urge
Some areas that once flooded only every 100 years or so could face annual flooding by 2050 unless strong protective measures are put in place
Instant forest? 'Tree hopping' takes off in Kenya
Moving trees from areas where there are plenty to areas that have none can help restore degraded areas quickly, farmers say
As drought stokes urban hunger, Ethiopia dishes up free school meals
As poor rains cut harvests, driving up food prices in cities, Addis Ababa authorities join charities in feeding hungry children
Weather information by phone in Mali life changing for farmers in Tèrèkungo and Parana
This year, farmers of Mali's Tèrèkungo, Parana and dozens more villages have had access to tailored weather information through a telephone messaging system dubbed "Sandji"
In rain-short Mali, villagers enlist irrigation to ward off extremism
Locals hope boosting water supplies - and rice yields - can deter young people from seeking better prospects with armed groups
Green gold': Kenyan farmers abandon food crops to grow herbal stimulant
Struggling to get decent maize harvests as drought bites, farmers are turning to fast-growing, less-thirsty muguka to make money
Bugs and biogas: Kenyan farmers get creative to fight 'devil's' cactus
Farmers are fighting back against the prickly pear, a non-native, invasive plant which destroys the grass that feeds their animals
In fuel-short Mali, farmers find money in saving tree stumps
A method to regrow and partially cut trees is spreading in West Africa as a way of sustainably producing fuel - and income