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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

#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

Source: lapping via

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

Source: Supplied

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

Lessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

Lessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

Andrew Newsham, Toendepi Shonhe and Tsitsi Bvute 26 Oct 2021

Source: Symrise

Partnership formed to improve food innovation, nutrition in West Africa

19 Oct 2021

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

4 Oct 2021

Coffee bean prices have doubled in the past year and may double again - what's going on?

Coffee bean prices have doubled in the past year and may double again - what's going on?

Jonathan Morris 1 Oct 2021

Kenya's tea exports up, output down in H1 2021 - regulator

Kenya's tea exports up, output down in H1 2021 - regulator

George Obulutsa 30 Sep 2021

Why global food prices are higher today than for most of modern history

Why global food prices are higher today than for most of modern history

Alastair Smith 28 Sep 2021

Heavy rains leave Ivory Coast cocoa farmers split on harvest outlook

Heavy rains leave Ivory Coast cocoa farmers split on harvest outlook

Loucoumane Coulibaly 27 Sep 2021

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Philip Tetteh Quarshie and Evan Fraser 27 Sep 2021

Source: Supplied

Nestlé's transition towards a regenerative food system speeds up

21 Sep 2021

Global demand for cashews is booming. How Ghana can take advantage to create jobs

Global demand for cashews is booming. How Ghana can take advantage to create jobs

James Boafo and Kristen Lyons 21 Sep 2021

Align your brand with cutting edge trends

Bizcommunity.com 20 Sep 2021

PepsiCo introduces initiative to drive sustainable transformation strategy

PepsiCo introduces initiative to drive sustainable transformation strategy

20 Sep 2021

Africa's green revolution initiative has faltered: Why other ways must be found

Africa's green revolution initiative has faltered: Why other ways must be found

Timothy A. Wise 16 Sep 2021

African farmers and agribusinesses need fair access to markets in face of climate change

African farmers and agribusinesses need fair access to markets in face of climate change

Grace Nsomba and Simon Roberts 15 Sep 2021

How climate change contributed to Madagascar's food crisis

How climate change contributed to Madagascar's food crisis

Chris Funk 14 Sep 2021

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#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

Source: lapping via

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

Source: Supplied

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

Lessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

Lessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

Andrew Newsham, Toendepi Shonhe and Tsitsi Bvute 26 Oct 2021

Source: Symrise

Partnership formed to improve food innovation, nutrition in West Africa

19 Oct 2021

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

4 Oct 2021

Coffee bean prices have doubled in the past year and may double again - what's going on?

Coffee bean prices have doubled in the past year and may double again - what's going on?

Jonathan Morris 1 Oct 2021

Kenya's tea exports up, output down in H1 2021 - regulator

Kenya's tea exports up, output down in H1 2021 - regulator

George Obulutsa 30 Sep 2021

Why global food prices are higher today than for most of modern history

Why global food prices are higher today than for most of modern history

Alastair Smith 28 Sep 2021

Heavy rains leave Ivory Coast cocoa farmers split on harvest outlook

Heavy rains leave Ivory Coast cocoa farmers split on harvest outlook

Loucoumane Coulibaly 27 Sep 2021

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Philip Tetteh Quarshie and Evan Fraser 27 Sep 2021

Source: Supplied

Nestlé's transition towards a regenerative food system speeds up

21 Sep 2021

Global demand for cashews is booming. How Ghana can take advantage to create jobs

Global demand for cashews is booming. How Ghana can take advantage to create jobs

James Boafo and Kristen Lyons 21 Sep 2021

Align your brand with cutting edge trends

Bizcommunity.com 20 Sep 2021

PepsiCo introduces initiative to drive sustainable transformation strategy

PepsiCo introduces initiative to drive sustainable transformation strategy

20 Sep 2021

Africa's green revolution initiative has faltered: Why other ways must be found

Africa's green revolution initiative has faltered: Why other ways must be found

Timothy A. Wise 16 Sep 2021

African farmers and agribusinesses need fair access to markets in face of climate change

African farmers and agribusinesses need fair access to markets in face of climate change

Grace Nsomba and Simon Roberts 15 Sep 2021

How climate change contributed to Madagascar's food crisis

How climate change contributed to Madagascar's food crisis

Chris Funk 14 Sep 2021

Youth-led, African agribusinesses announced as Pitch AgriHack 2021 winners

9 Sep 2021

Nestlé opens its largest R+D Accelerator

Nestlé opens its largest R+D Accelerator

2 Sep 2021

Global food commodity prices rebound in August

Global food commodity prices rebound in August

2 Sep 2021

African Union crafts guidelines for GM crops, activists raise alarm

African Union crafts guidelines for GM crops, activists raise alarm

Wendell Roelf 1 Sep 2021

Source: Tiger Brands

Tiger Brands exits Nigeria with sale of UAC Foods shareholding

30 Aug 2021

50+ NGOs call on COP26 to acknowledge climate impacts of animal agriculture

50+ NGOs call on COP26 to acknowledge climate impacts of animal agriculture

27 Aug 2021

How to put women at the centre of Africa's food systems

How to put women at the centre of Africa's food systems

Elizabeth Mkandawire and Melody Mentz-Coetzee 20 Aug 2021

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

Kamran Mahroof and Sankar Sivarajah 19 Aug 2021

New research records national policy trends linking fish, aquatic foods with public health

New research records national policy trends linking fish, aquatic foods with public health

18 Aug 2021

Heavy rains in Ivory Coast bode well for upcoming cocoa crop

Heavy rains in Ivory Coast bode well for upcoming cocoa crop

Loucoumane Coulibaly 17 Aug 2021