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 …
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AfricaAgricultureSpotlight
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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AgricultureSouthern AfricaSpotlight
Madagascar: Severe Drought could Spur World’s First Climate Change Famine
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 …
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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 …
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AgricultureBusiness PoliciesWestern Africa
250 investors lament as N20bn agro-business scheme promoted by Nollywood actors collapses
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 …