https://www.bizcommunity.com/412/472.html West Africa Agriculture news 15 Agriculture news - West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/412/472.html en-us Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:00:13 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/hershey-nestle-other-cocoa-companies-defeat-appeal-of-child-slavery-lawsuit-812983a A federal appeals court on Tuesday, 22 July, rejected a proposed class action by eight Malian citizens who sought to hold Hershey, Nestle and five other companies liable for child labour on Ivory Coast cocoa farms. 1-259719 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 14:56:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/eu-will-not-delay-deforestation-law-environment-chief-says-on-ivory-coast-visit-453349a The European Union is not planning to delay a new law to crack down on the import of commodities linked to deforestation, its environment commissioner said, despite some governments urging Brussels to postpone the landmark rules. 1-247415 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 14:27:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/742/243229.html Ivory Coast is struggling to sell cocoa export contracts for the 2024/25 season with multinational companies demanding it lower prices, which are elevated due to a supply squeeze, the head of the country's cocoa regulator said on Wednesday. 1-243229 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 08:05:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/472/243208.html A silica sand mining company that has set its sights on 50 hectares of land in the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) in Cape Town is appealing against the decision by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to refuse it a water use licence. 1-243208 Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:27:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/472/242052.html The United States and Norway will pledge a total of $70m to launch a fund to help farmers and agricultural businesses in Africa, a US Agency for International Development (USAID) spokesperson said. 1-242052 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:55:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/629/240619.html The European Union has banned the use of several pesticides, and heavily restricted others. This is because of their potential health effects or environmental contamination, or because there's not enough data to be sure that they aren't harmful. Over 50% of these pesticides are still registered in Nigeria, however. 1-240619 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:40:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/472/239805.html Qu Dongyu, a Chinese national, has been re-elected to lead the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for a second term. In the ballot by FAO member countries, Dongyu received a total of 168 out of 182 votes deposited. His new term will begin on 1 August 2023 and end on 31 July 2027. 1-239805 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 13:02:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/183/239695.html Cocoa prices surged to the highest in 46 years on the Intercontinental Exchange in London on Wednesday as bad weather in West Africa threatened production prospects for the main suppliers of the primary raw material used to make chocolate. 1-239695 Thu, 29 Jun 2023 08:52:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/472/230476.html Farmers are adopting precision agriculture, using data collected by GPS, satellite imagery, internet-connected sensors and other technologies to farm more efficiently. While these practices could help increase crop yields and reduce costs, the technology behind the practices is creating opportunities for extremists, terrorists and adversarial governments to attack farming machinery, with the aim of disrupting food production. 1-230476 Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:55:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/839/226246.html ThriveAgric, a Nigerian technology-driven agricultural company, has raised $56.4m in debt funding from local commercial banks and institutional investors. The raise also included a co-investment grant of $1.75m from the USAID-funded West Africa Trade and Investment. 1-226246 Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:19:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture West Africa