African agriculture news: food production, agribusiness, farm inputs, exports, food security and agricultural policy.
Agriculture’s digital technologies have the potential to reshape Africa’s food systems, bringing better livelihoods to farmers, higher-quality and more consistent ingredients to processors, and healthier and more sustainable diets to …
Kenya’s horticulture regulator has extended the ban on exporting popular avocado kinds to foreign markets to prevent the harvesting of immature avocado crops. Head of Horticultural Crops Directorate (HCD) Benjamin …
Farming, one of the world’s oldest industries, is beset by numerous challenges; scarcity of arable land, the spread of pests and diseases, biodiversity loss, and increasing climate change pressures. Another …
Uganda’s fertile land can feed about 200 million people, according to a new report by International Trade Administration to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation. The report says 80 per …
To address the challenges of rising food prices across the country, more players in the agri-food system need to increase their investments in homegrown innovation and local production of raw …
EZFarming, a leading Nigerian agritech marketplace has been selected by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to receive funding and technical assistance in support of food production and …
TAQA Arabia, the largest private sector energy distribution company in Egypt and a subsidiary of Qalaa Holdings’ Energy Sector, recently announced the commissioning and subsequent start of commercial operation of …
More than one million people in southern Madagascar are struggling to get enough to eat, due to what could become the first famine caused by climate change, according to the …
Germany-based fragrances, care, flavourings and nutrition manufacturer, Symrise AG has entered a strategic partnership with Freddy Hirsch Nigeria, a manufacturer of spices, ingredients and flavours to boost food innovation and …
Over 250 investors may have lost their life savings after the collapse of a business scheme run by an agro firm, Eatrich Farms and Food Limited, Lagos State. They expressed …
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