African agriculture news: food production, agribusiness, farm inputs, exports, food security and agricultural policy.
The Nigerian commodities market player, AFEX has projected an average decline in production of up to 11.5 per cent across commodities like maize, paddy rice, sorghum, and cocoa. AFEX revealed …
Morocco’s growing raspberry and blueberry exports are expected to saturate the European market, raising concerns among Spanish farmers, Manager of Freshuelva Rafael Dominguez told FreshPlaza. “Morocco is increasing its raspberry and …
Chile’s vertically integrated producer, marketer, and distributor of berries Agroberries Limited is investing €40 million in the first phase of its expansion strategy in Morocco. The investment covers the planting of …
The government has entered a partnership with Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) to establish a green fertilizer plant in the country in a bid to reduce reliance on imports. Under the …
The Moroccan Association of Fruit and Vegetable Exporting Producers (APEFEL) has announced its plans to double tomato exports amid the ongoing water scarcity crisis. The source added that the tomato exports …
OCP Africa has increased Nigeria’s fertilizer production and output with the establishment of a 120 metric tones per hour fertilizer blending plant in Kaduna State. It said the facility had …
The Minister of Agriculture, Muhammad Abubakar, on Thursday, said the Federal Government was working towards bringing down prices of food commodities. He said Nigeria was going into intensive dry-season farming, …
Morocco’s Minister of agriculture Mohamed Seddiqi said that Morocco has commenced the agricultural season with “very low” dam reserves compared to the past ten years. The minister made his remarks on …
Tanzania has exported its first consignment of processed cashew nuts to the United States, as the country seeks to move away from exporting raw nuts to value-added ones. The eight-tonne …
Union Bank of Nigeria and the Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund have announced that the bank has secured a $25m funding line from AATIF to expand its agricultural business …
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