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FAO forecasts record highs for global food crops amid market uncertainty

Commodities & Fairtrade

FAO forecasts record highs for global food crops amid market uncertainty

12 Jun 2025

Pictured: Forbes Padayachee

Energy

Astute African manufacturers will move to clean power to align with global investor and importer expectations

Forbes Padayachee, Issued by Yellow Door Energy 22 Nov 2024

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

Import/Export

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

Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor 23 Jan 2024

Food crisis in Africa: The high cost of imported fertilisers is adding to the problem

Food Security

Food crisis in Africa: The high cost of imported fertilisers is adding to the problem

Simon Roberts and Ntombifuthi Tshabalala 26 Jul 2023

Source: Supplied.

Banking

African Development Bank to commit $10bn to end hunger on the continent

30 Jan 2023

Global Citizen open letter to African leaders

Food, Water & Energy Security

Global Citizen open letter to African leaders

Issued by OnPoint PR 26 Sep 2022

Source: Deneen LT via

Agro-processing

Russia/Ukraine grain export deal promises major benefits for poor countries. If it holds

Wandile Sihlobo 25 Jul 2022

Nigerian bakers suspend production over high costs

Food & bev. services

Nigerian bakers suspend production over high costs

Camillus Eboh 21 Jul 2022

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

Agro-processing

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

Ratemo Michieka 7 Feb 2022

What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture

Agribusiness

What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture

Wandile Sihlobo 27 Oct 2021

Feeding Africa from Africa: Smallholder farmers to leverage on AfCFTA

Agribusiness

Feeding Africa from Africa: Smallholder farmers to leverage on AfCFTA

Busani Bafana 14 Jun 2021

Sub-Saharan Africa's food security has turned out better than feared. But risks remain

Food Security

Sub-Saharan Africa's food security has turned out better than feared. But risks remain

Wandile Sihlobo 7 May 2021

To what extent does climate change affect food insecurity? What we found in Lesotho

Food Security

To what extent does climate change affect food insecurity? What we found in Lesotho

Friederike Otto and Jasper Verschuur 16 Mar 2021

A new way of processing cowpeas brings affordable nutrition to children

Sustainable Farming

A new way of processing cowpeas brings affordable nutrition to children

Nokuthula Vilakati 15 Mar 2021

How Cabo Verde indigenous beans could boost food security

Food Security

How Cabo Verde indigenous beans could boost food security

Anyse Sofia Fernandes Pereira Essoh 11 Mar 2021

GFSI ranks SA first in food security in sub-Saharan Africa

Food Security

GFSI ranks SA first in food security in sub-Saharan Africa

5 Mar 2021

Cultivating agri development, economic growth in Africa

Agribusiness

Cultivating agri development, economic growth in Africa

13 Oct 2020

Professor Njuguna Ndung’u

Economy

Business as usual in post-pandemic recovery will only reinforce economic hardship

Njuguna Ndung'u 28 Sep 2020

Newly launched virtual event to bring African agrofood, plastprintpack industries together

Agribusiness

Newly launched virtual event to bring African agrofood, plastprintpack industries together

4 Sep 2020

Food prices in Nigeria have shot through the roof. But is the pandemic to blame?

Agribusiness

Food prices in Nigeria have shot through the roof. But is the pandemic to blame?

Adegboye, Folasade Bosede 19 Aug 2020

Agribusiness

How a global pandemic could strengthen agribusiness in Africa

Louis van Ravesteyn 8 Jul 2020

Africa Food Security 11 via

Agriculture

The impact of Covid-19 on food security in Africa

Professor Njuguna S. Ndung'u 11 Jun 2020

How Mauritius' outward-focused economy survived previous shocks

Economy

How Mauritius' outward-focused economy survived previous shocks

Harshana Kasseeah 29 Apr 2020

The border closure has affected goods from other West African countries. Wikimedia Commons

Markets & Investment

Nigeria's border closure has implications for Africa's economic integration

Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong 28 Oct 2019

Smallholder crop farming is on the decline in South Africa. Why it matters

Agro-processing

Smallholder crop farming is on the decline in South Africa. Why it matters

Charlie Shackleton 4 Jul 2019

Sustainable water use crucial for the Middle East and North Africa, says FAO director general

Sustainable Farming

Sustainable water use crucial for the Middle East and North Africa, says FAO director general

24 Jan 2019

Why Nigeria should first support rice farmers before it cuts off imports

Agro-processing

Why Nigeria should first support rice farmers before it cuts off imports

Rahman Akintayo Sanusi 15 Jan 2019

AfDB looks to turn African savannah into global food basket using agritech

Agribusiness

AfDB looks to turn African savannah into global food basket using agritech

8 Nov 2018

Food prices dip in October

Research

Food prices dip in October

5 Nov 2018

FAO director-general stresses importance of job creation in rural areas

Agri Tech

FAO director-general stresses importance of job creation in rural areas

29 Oct 2018

Fresh produce trade in Africa continues to be a market leader

Agro-processing

Fresh produce trade in Africa continues to be a market leader

18 Sep 2018

What role can Africa play in contributing to global food security?

Agriculture

What role can Africa play in contributing to global food security?

4 Sep 2018

Rising import food bill a challenge for poorer countries

Food Security

Rising import food bill a challenge for poorer countries

10 Jul 2018

Agricultural commodity prices expected to remain low globally says OECD-FAO

Food Security

Agricultural commodity prices expected to remain low globally says OECD-FAO

4 Jul 2018

SACAU calls for African governments to invest in agricultural transformation

Agriculture

SACAU calls for African governments to invest in agricultural transformation

30 May 2018

African Hope via

Agriculture

Agro-food, plastics, printing and packaging trade shows move to Abidjan

28 May 2018

Agricultural trade liberalisation undermined food security

Agriculture

Agricultural trade liberalisation undermined food security

Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury 23 May 2018

Simon Carpenter, Chief Technology Advisor for SAP Africa

Agriculture

#AfricaMonth: Committing to the digital transformation of agriculture in Africa

Cari Coetzee 17 May 2018

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Commodities & Fairtrade

Going beyond farm-to-fork to encourage healthier food systems

9 May 2018

Vrinda Khushu via

Agriculture

Agriculture will be Africa's quiet revolution, says report

17 Jan 2018

From the Mediterranean with love

FMCG

From the Mediterranean with love

15 Dec 2017

Nicholas.gosse via - Olive tree plantation in Tunisia. Olive oil is Tunisia’s largest agricultural export.

Food Security

Africa's top 10 most food-secure countries

8 Dec 2017

Alika Dangote featured on the Nasdaq billboard in New York.

Media

Bloomberg's 50 most influential in 2017 includes one African

7 Dec 2017

Global food import bill set to rise, boost in tropical fruit exports likely

Agriculture

Global food import bill set to rise, boost in tropical fruit exports likely

10 Nov 2017

Agriculture

Project to help Africa farm its savannahs

Victor Kiprop 2 Nov 2017

#WorldFoodDay: Africa holds the key to feeding the world's population

Food, Water & Energy Security

#WorldFoodDay: Africa holds the key to feeding the world's population

20 Oct 2017

Agriculture

Report: Agriculture can power transformation of African economies

11 Oct 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

Agriculture

Can Africa feed itself?

Sifelani Tsiko 28 Sep 2017

Ed Hawkesworth/DFID via

Agriculture

African agribusiness and smallholders must seize opportunities in potential $1 trillion food market

7 Sep 2017

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Agriculture

Hardy Zimbabwean farmers take on Nigeria's challenges

28 Aug 2017