https://www.bizcommunity.com/414/472.html East Africa Agriculture news 15 Agriculture news - East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/414/472.html en-us Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:59:28 +0200 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 East 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 East 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 East 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 East 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 East 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 East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/472/225418.html No man qualifies as a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problems of wheat. The words of the ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates. Wheat and other grains are back at the heart of geopolitics following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Both countries play a major role in the global agricultural market. African leaders must pay attention. 1-225418 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 07:53:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/742/224763.html As an agricultural and environmental scientist, I've worked for decades exploring the practical challenges that smallholder farmers encounter in East Africa. These include controlling weeds that can choke their crops and looking for new ways to deal with pests or diseases that threaten their harvests. 1-224763 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 08:34:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/474/224655.html The conversion of forests to agricultural land is happening at a mind-boggling speed. Between 2015 and 2020, the rate of deforestation was estimated at around 10 million hectares every year. 1-224655 Wed, 02 Feb 2022 10:11:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/Article/111/472/223143.html As climate change worsens, millions of smallholder farmers across sub-Saharan Africa grapple with unprecedented weather changes and influxes of pests and diseases that ravage their farms and devastate their livelihoods. However, a climate-smart crop insurance scheme introduced in Kenya combines satellite data and smartphone imagery to provide farmers with much needed protection. 1-223143 Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:32:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture East Africa