1.Land disputes at the root of African wars

2.For farmers in Kenya, jatropha reality fails to live up to the hype

3.Scientists work on new, more nutritious sorghum as maize farming declines

4.Scientists, donors blast Ethiopia's biosafety law as extreme, anti-biotechnology

5.Egypt leases land in Uganda

6.Nigeria annually spends $700 million to import rice from Thailand

7.Yam research in West & Central Africa gets EU funding support