With profit-making still at the top of the food industry agenda - and the environmental costs of many food products hidden by complex supply chains - we need more than consumer power alone to achieve a truly sustainable food system...
Chris West, Bob Doherty & Tony Heron 20 Mar 2018
Global food commodity prices went up in February with lower prices for vegetable oils offset by rising prices for staple grains and dairy products...
2 Mar 2018
Crop development in several areas of Southern Africa has been affected by water stress triggered by poor rains and hot temperatures. Dry weather and erratic rains earlier in the season signals multiple risks to agricultural yields...
28 Feb 2018
Enterprises involved in the agricultural sector are critical for the fulfilment of the SDGs - playing a key role in generating much-needed investment, decent employment, developing productivity and supply chains that benefit producers and consumers...
21 Feb 2018
The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce & Industry is seeking to bridge the trade deficit between Kenya and Morocco and grow trade between the two countries...
20 Feb 2018
Oserian Development Corporation has come up with a raft of measures aimed at maintaining production over a long period of time without compromising on natural systems or its responsibility to workers, suppliers and the local communities...
14 Feb 2018
African entrepreneurs are increasingly seeing the inherent opportunities within the agriculture sector, developing solutions that do everything from helping farmers increase their yields to providing better access to markets...
Tom Jackson 7 Feb 2018
Following a better-than-expected harvest, the 2017/2018 marketing season should end with record inventory levels for wheat and maize...
2 Feb 2018
As the United Kingdom and the European Union finalise on the withdrawal of the former from the bloc, where will the UK turn to replace the market it will lose from the Eurozone?
Tim Chesire 30 Jan 2018
Processed food is estimated to be the dominant application segment in the potato processing market in 2017...
Sayali Tribhuvan 12 Jan 2018
According to the latest FAO Food Price Index, global food prices declined in December. However, the index averaged 174.6 points in 2017, up 8.2% from 2016 and reaching the highest annual average since 2014...
12 Jan 2018
African countries are forging ahead to complete negotiations for a continental free trade area between 55 countries by early next year...
Calestous Juma 2 Jan 2018
Gambian startup Farm Fresh is targeting expansion into other West African markets after being chosen to take part in the Make-IT accelerator programme run by the Lagos-based Co-Creation Hub (CcHub)...
Tom Jackson 21 Dec 2017
"Using nuclear sciences to feed the world" have led to some major success stories. FAO provides seven examples of how nuclear technology is improving food and agriculture...
Baher Kamal 23 Nov 2017