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A woman works at a Dutch flower farm in Ziway, Ethiopia. Concerns have been raised about land, and water, being taken away from local farmers / Petterik Wiggers - Panos pictures

How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab

Panos London has joined the Guardian Environmental Network. This partnership means we'll be sharing stories with the Guardian's website. The first story, by Jon Vidal, reveals how rich countries faced by a global food shortage now farm an area double the size of the UK to guarantee supplies for their citizens. Read the article

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    A young cattle herder in Lesotho. New research says that information from Lesotho's Agriculutral Information Service (AIS) is not being used by many of Lesotho's famers / Giacomo Pirozzi - Panos pictures

Lesotho's farmers miss out on agricultural information

According to researchers an agricultural information service in Lesotho is failing to reach the majority of farmers in the country. The study, from the university of Botswana, says that many poorly educated farmers do not see information as relevant to them

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    A young labourer harvests coconuts near Maxixe, Mozambique. The majority of the population relies on agriculture but donors put to much focus on mega-projects at their expense / Fred Hoogervorst - Panos pictures

Aid fails to alleviate poverty in Mozambique

Despite receiving US$12 billion in aid since peace was established 17 years ago, a new report says there has been no real poverty reduction in Mozambique. And the high levels of aid has also left the government accountable to donors, rather than the people.

A woman dries tapioca beside a burning Shell gas flare near Warri, Nigeria. There are proposals to use this waste gas for electricity production / George Osodi - Panos pictures

Polluting gas flares to electrify rural Nigeria

Burning or 'flaring' waste gas produced when oil is pumped from a well, in theory, was supposed to stop in Nigeria in 1984, but oil companies have been granted exemptions year after year. Now the UN hopes it has hit on a compromise, to capture and use this waste gas for electricity production in Nigeria's Delta state. Read the article

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Guinea: A health educator talking to women about the correct way to use mosquito nets to prevent malaria / Giacomo Pirozzi - Panos Pictures