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Farmers work at a cocoa farm in Daloa, Ivory Coast, 3 October 2023. Reuters/Ange Aboa/File Photo

EU will not delay deforestation law, environment chief says on Ivory Coast visitAnge Aboa

Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack

Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack

By Theo Evans and Bruce Webber 16 Feb 2024

Ghana wants to make importing food like rice and tomatoes more costly: expert explains why it’s a bad idea

Ghana wants to make importing food like rice and tomatoes more costly: expert explains why it’s a bad idea

By Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor 23 Jan 2024

Agri companies withdrawing from Russia

Agri companies withdrawing from Russia

7 Apr 2022

How leveraging technology can help African farmers weather climate change

How leveraging technology can help African farmers weather climate change

5 Apr 2022

Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight

Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight

Nafisa Eltahir and Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah 4 Apr 2022

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

H. Damon Matthews, Amy Luers and Kirsten Zickfeld 1 Apr 2022

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

Sindy Peters 25 Mar 2022

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

23 Mar 2022

Biz 'ready-to-wear' Content Features

Biz 'ready-to-wear' Content Features

Bizcommunity.com 17 Mar 2022

How the war in Ukraine will affect food prices

How the war in Ukraine will affect food prices

16 Mar 2022

Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic

CPG giants Nestlé, Mars and Mondelez scale back business in Russia

11 Mar 2022

The cannabis industry inhibited by State action from the outset

Zakhele Mthembu 11 Mar 2022

Global food prices rise to record high in February

Global food prices rise to record high in February

7 Mar 2022

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Ange Aboa 4 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Metals like palladium are essential in automotive manufacturing. John Angerson/Alamy

Five essential commodities that will be hit by war in Ukraine

Sarah Schiffling and Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos 2 Mar 2022

Source: josealbafotos via

How Russia-Ukraine conflict could influence Africa's food supplies

Wandile Sihlobo 25 Feb 2022

Rethinking risk can unshackle Africa's small scale farmers from the grip of poor weather

24 Feb 2022

Miguel Patricio, CEO at Kraft Heinz and Matias Muchnick, co-founder and CEO at NotCo. Source: Kraft Heinz

Kraft Heinz in joint venture to drive AI-driven plant-based food innovation

24 Feb 2022

Source: Irochka via

AfCFTA: What has worked and the way forward on agricultural trade

Ameir Mbonde 21 Feb 2022

Kenya's dairy sector is failing to meet domestic demand. How it can raise its game

Kenya's dairy sector is failing to meet domestic demand. How it can raise its game

Timothy Njagi Njeru 16 Feb 2022

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

Ratemo Michieka 7 Feb 2022

Source: stevepb via

Global food prices rise in January

3 Feb 2022

How a humble mushroom could save forests and fight climate change

How a humble mushroom could save forests and fight climate change

Paul W Thomas 2 Feb 2022

Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change - new research

Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change - new research

Denis J Murphy 31 Jan 2022

What it will take for Africa's agrifood systems to thrive

What it will take for Africa's agrifood systems to thrive

Lulama Ndibongo Traub, Edward Mabaya and Wandile Sihlobo 12 Jan 2022

UN WFP, Impact Hub Kigali launch programme to support food system innovations in Rwanda

UN WFP, Impact Hub Kigali launch programme to support food system innovations in Rwanda

7 Jan 2022

Egyptians gather to buy subsidised sugar in Cairo, Egypt, 1 December 2019. Reuters/Shokry Hussien

Egypt to increase price of subsidised sugar, says minister

Sarah El Safty and Ahmad Elhamy 30 Dec 2021

Elgon Kenya, University of Nairobi sign MoU to develop agritech and innovation centre

Elgon Kenya, University of Nairobi sign MoU to develop agritech and innovation centre

24 Dec 2021

#FestiveTogether: Joining in wishing you all a blessed festive season

#FestiveTogether: Joining in wishing you all a blessed festive season

Bizcommunity.com 15 Dec 2021

Picture-based insurance cushion Kenyan smallholder farmers from climate change

Picture-based insurance cushion Kenyan smallholder farmers from climate change

13 Dec 2021

SA entrepreneur drives sustainable development using African foods

SA entrepreneur drives sustainable development using African foods

Lauren Hartzenberg 10 Dec 2021

Source: ©Oleksandr Boiko via

Global food prices rise in November

3 Dec 2021

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How leveraging technology can help African farmers weather climate change

How leveraging technology can help African farmers weather climate change

5 Apr 2022

Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight

Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight

Nafisa Eltahir and Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah 4 Apr 2022

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

H. Damon Matthews, Amy Luers and Kirsten Zickfeld 1 Apr 2022

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

Sindy Peters 25 Mar 2022

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

23 Mar 2022

Biz 'ready-to-wear' Content Features

Biz 'ready-to-wear' Content Features

Bizcommunity.com 17 Mar 2022

How the war in Ukraine will affect food prices

How the war in Ukraine will affect food prices

16 Mar 2022

Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic

CPG giants Nestlé, Mars and Mondelez scale back business in Russia

11 Mar 2022

The cannabis industry inhibited by State action from the outset

Zakhele Mthembu 11 Mar 2022

Global food prices rise to record high in February

Global food prices rise to record high in February

7 Mar 2022

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Ange Aboa 4 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Metals like palladium are essential in automotive manufacturing. John Angerson/Alamy

Five essential commodities that will be hit by war in Ukraine

Sarah Schiffling and Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos 2 Mar 2022

Source: josealbafotos via

How Russia-Ukraine conflict could influence Africa's food supplies

Wandile Sihlobo 25 Feb 2022

Rethinking risk can unshackle Africa's small scale farmers from the grip of poor weather

24 Feb 2022

Miguel Patricio, CEO at Kraft Heinz and Matias Muchnick, co-founder and CEO at NotCo. Source: Kraft Heinz

Kraft Heinz in joint venture to drive AI-driven plant-based food innovation

24 Feb 2022

Source: Irochka via

AfCFTA: What has worked and the way forward on agricultural trade

Ameir Mbonde 21 Feb 2022

Kenya's dairy sector is failing to meet domestic demand. How it can raise its game

Kenya's dairy sector is failing to meet domestic demand. How it can raise its game

Timothy Njagi Njeru 16 Feb 2022

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

Ratemo Michieka 7 Feb 2022

Source: stevepb via

Global food prices rise in January

3 Feb 2022

How a humble mushroom could save forests and fight climate change

How a humble mushroom could save forests and fight climate change

Paul W Thomas 2 Feb 2022

Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change - new research

Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change - new research

Denis J Murphy 31 Jan 2022

What it will take for Africa's agrifood systems to thrive

What it will take for Africa's agrifood systems to thrive

Lulama Ndibongo Traub, Edward Mabaya and Wandile Sihlobo 12 Jan 2022

UN WFP, Impact Hub Kigali launch programme to support food system innovations in Rwanda

UN WFP, Impact Hub Kigali launch programme to support food system innovations in Rwanda

7 Jan 2022

Egyptians gather to buy subsidised sugar in Cairo, Egypt, 1 December 2019. Reuters/Shokry Hussien

Egypt to increase price of subsidised sugar, says minister

Sarah El Safty and Ahmad Elhamy 30 Dec 2021

Elgon Kenya, University of Nairobi sign MoU to develop agritech and innovation centre

Elgon Kenya, University of Nairobi sign MoU to develop agritech and innovation centre

24 Dec 2021

#FestiveTogether: Joining in wishing you all a blessed festive season

#FestiveTogether: Joining in wishing you all a blessed festive season

Bizcommunity.com 15 Dec 2021

Picture-based insurance cushion Kenyan smallholder farmers from climate change

Picture-based insurance cushion Kenyan smallholder farmers from climate change

13 Dec 2021

SA entrepreneur drives sustainable development using African foods

SA entrepreneur drives sustainable development using African foods

Lauren Hartzenberg 10 Dec 2021

Source: ©Oleksandr Boiko via

Global food prices rise in November

3 Dec 2021

Are small farms the solution to food insecurity? Uganda study shows policies can get it wrong

Juan Pablo Rud, Diego Restuccia and Fernando Aragon Sanchez 2 Dec 2021

Dreamworks Trolls, UN launch campaign for healthier eating and sustainable living

Dreamworks Trolls, UN launch campaign for healthier eating and sustainable living

22 Nov 2021

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African marine rules favour big industry, leaving small-scale fishers in the lurch

Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood and Edward H. Allison 22 Nov 2021

New FAO guidelines help countries limit the global spread of fall armyworm

New FAO guidelines help countries limit the global spread of fall armyworm

19 Nov 2021

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PepsiCo expands partnerships to advance food security in sub-Saharan Africa

17 Nov 2021

Source: Distell

Heineken to buy SA drinks maker Distell, along with Namibia Breweries

15 Nov 2021

Climate action in agribusiness could reduce emissions by up to 7%

Climate action in agribusiness could reduce emissions by up to 7%

9 Nov 2021

East Africa agricultural entrepreneurs find fortune in insect feed

East Africa agricultural entrepreneurs find fortune in insect feed

9 Nov 2021

Why tackling deforestation is so important for slowing climate change

Why tackling deforestation is so important for slowing climate change

Tom Pugh 3 Nov 2021

Namibia suspends poultry from Germany, Netherlands after bird flu outbreak

Namibia suspends poultry from Germany, Netherlands after bird flu outbreak

Nyasha Nyaungwa 2 Nov 2021

Manni Group Design Award: Ghana Innovation Farm open for entries

Manni Group Design Award: Ghana Innovation Farm open for entries

28 Oct 2021