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Ivory Coast in fresh stand-off with cocoa buyers over premium

Ivory Coast in fresh stand-off with cocoa buyers over premiumAnge Aboa

Global food prices rebounds in July

Global food prices rebounds in July

7 Aug 2023

High domestic food prices threaten vulnerable countries - FAO

High domestic food prices threaten vulnerable countries - FAO

11 Jul 2023

How Africa can negotiate an effective continental free trade area agreement

How Africa can negotiate an effective continental free trade area agreement

Calestous Juma 2 Jan 2018

Gambian startup Farm Fresh targets regional expansion

Gambian startup Farm Fresh targets regional expansion

Tom Jackson 21 Dec 2017

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Baher Kamal 23 Nov 2017

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

20 Nov 2017

#AgriIndaba: A gateway to investment opportunities in African agriculture

#AgriIndaba: A gateway to investment opportunities in African agriculture

20 Nov 2017

Global food import bill set to rise, boost in tropical fruit exports likely

Global food import bill set to rise, boost in tropical fruit exports likely

10 Nov 2017

AMISOM Public Information via

New guide to help ensure health and safety of workers in banana sector

9 Nov 2017

17 counties set to revive pyrethrum farming

Waikwa Maina and Francis Mureithi 3 Nov 2017

Tool helps developing nations map out export targets

Tool helps developing nations map out export targets

Tom Nevin 1 Nov 2017

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New campaign launched to contain a major threat to banana production

19 Oct 2017

#WorldFoodDay: Transforming the agricultural sector by unlocking the potential of smallholder farmers

Dr Klaus Eckstein 16 Oct 2017

Dangote: Nigeria is learning how to produce the entire value chain

Dangote: Nigeria is learning how to produce the entire value chain

10 Oct 2017

SA companies explore opportunities in Tunisia, Algeria

SA companies explore opportunities in Tunisia, Algeria

3 Oct 2017

How safe is the food on your plate?

19 Sep 2017

Major investments, partnerships a boost for African agriculture and economy

Major investments, partnerships a boost for African agriculture and economy

15 Sep 2017

Sustainable business models key to sustainable modernisation of agriculture in Africa

Sustainable business models key to sustainable modernisation of agriculture in Africa

13 Sep 2017

Water flows from the new solar pump installed by the Youth Economic and Social Action group in Chikwawa, Malawi (Image Supplied)

Tuning in to farmers' water needs: Radio broadcasts aid Malawi irrigation efforts

Timothy A. Wise 6 Sep 2017

Amid drought and conflict, women try new livestock - bees

Moraa Obiria 11 Aug 2017

Alison Burrell via

Zim, SA lose one million chickens to bird flu

Elita Chikwati 8 Aug 2017

With more than one crop, farmers weather armyworm attacks

With more than one crop, farmers weather armyworm attacks

Kagondu Njagi 2 Aug 2017

Partial lifting of ban on South African eggs

25 Jul 2017

Collaboration sees launch of end-to-end farm mechanisation solution in Nigeria

Collaboration sees launch of end-to-end farm mechanisation solution in Nigeria

25 Jul 2017

mute_gemini via

Global status of commercialised biotech/GM crops

4 Jul 2017

What not to miss at PMA Fresh Connections Southern Africa 2017

What not to miss at PMA Fresh Connections Southern Africa 2017

30 Jun 2017

Zimbabwe bans corn imports after bumper crop: media

Zimbabwe bans corn imports after bumper crop: media

14 Jun 2017

Rainfall set to boost growth in southern Africa

Rainfall set to boost growth in southern Africa

Steve Johnson 8 May 2017

Harmonised regional policies are farmers' lifeline

Harmonised regional policies are farmers' lifeline

19 Apr 2017

MasterCard assists 1.1 million African smallholder farmers

7 Mar 2017

4th Addis Agrofood Exhibition in Ethiopia

4th Addis Agrofood Exhibition in Ethiopia

27 Sep 2016

Cheap milk from South Africa, Europe hurts Kenyan exports

Cheap milk from South Africa, Europe hurts Kenyan exports

Gerald Andae 2 Jun 2016

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How Africa can negotiate an effective continental free trade area agreement

How Africa can negotiate an effective continental free trade area agreement

Calestous Juma 2 Jan 2018

Gambian startup Farm Fresh targets regional expansion

Gambian startup Farm Fresh targets regional expansion

Tom Jackson 21 Dec 2017

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Baher Kamal 23 Nov 2017

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

20 Nov 2017

#AgriIndaba: A gateway to investment opportunities in African agriculture

#AgriIndaba: A gateway to investment opportunities in African agriculture

20 Nov 2017

Global food import bill set to rise, boost in tropical fruit exports likely

Global food import bill set to rise, boost in tropical fruit exports likely

10 Nov 2017

AMISOM Public Information via

New guide to help ensure health and safety of workers in banana sector

9 Nov 2017

17 counties set to revive pyrethrum farming

Waikwa Maina and Francis Mureithi 3 Nov 2017

Tool helps developing nations map out export targets

Tool helps developing nations map out export targets

Tom Nevin 1 Nov 2017

Free-Photos via

New campaign launched to contain a major threat to banana production

19 Oct 2017

#WorldFoodDay: Transforming the agricultural sector by unlocking the potential of smallholder farmers

Dr Klaus Eckstein 16 Oct 2017

Dangote: Nigeria is learning how to produce the entire value chain

Dangote: Nigeria is learning how to produce the entire value chain

10 Oct 2017

SA companies explore opportunities in Tunisia, Algeria

SA companies explore opportunities in Tunisia, Algeria

3 Oct 2017

How safe is the food on your plate?

19 Sep 2017

Major investments, partnerships a boost for African agriculture and economy

Major investments, partnerships a boost for African agriculture and economy

15 Sep 2017

Sustainable business models key to sustainable modernisation of agriculture in Africa

Sustainable business models key to sustainable modernisation of agriculture in Africa

13 Sep 2017

Water flows from the new solar pump installed by the Youth Economic and Social Action group in Chikwawa, Malawi (Image Supplied)

Tuning in to farmers' water needs: Radio broadcasts aid Malawi irrigation efforts

Timothy A. Wise 6 Sep 2017

Amid drought and conflict, women try new livestock - bees

Moraa Obiria 11 Aug 2017

Alison Burrell via

Zim, SA lose one million chickens to bird flu

Elita Chikwati 8 Aug 2017

With more than one crop, farmers weather armyworm attacks

With more than one crop, farmers weather armyworm attacks

Kagondu Njagi 2 Aug 2017

Partial lifting of ban on South African eggs

25 Jul 2017

Collaboration sees launch of end-to-end farm mechanisation solution in Nigeria

Collaboration sees launch of end-to-end farm mechanisation solution in Nigeria

25 Jul 2017

mute_gemini via

Global status of commercialised biotech/GM crops

4 Jul 2017

What not to miss at PMA Fresh Connections Southern Africa 2017

What not to miss at PMA Fresh Connections Southern Africa 2017

30 Jun 2017

Zimbabwe bans corn imports after bumper crop: media

Zimbabwe bans corn imports after bumper crop: media

14 Jun 2017

Rainfall set to boost growth in southern Africa

Rainfall set to boost growth in southern Africa

Steve Johnson 8 May 2017

Harmonised regional policies are farmers' lifeline

Harmonised regional policies are farmers' lifeline

19 Apr 2017

MasterCard assists 1.1 million African smallholder farmers

7 Mar 2017

4th Addis Agrofood Exhibition in Ethiopia

4th Addis Agrofood Exhibition in Ethiopia

27 Sep 2016

Cheap milk from South Africa, Europe hurts Kenyan exports

Cheap milk from South Africa, Europe hurts Kenyan exports

Gerald Andae 2 Jun 2016

Simon Andys, founder of Premier Seeds, inspects basil in one of the greenhouses.

International markets hungry for Nakuru County herbs

14 Apr 2016

LorettaLynn via

Getting seeds where it's needed

12 Apr 2016

fancycrave1 via

New 'smart' bottle helps uncorked wine keep longer

30 Mar 2016

SADC states to meet on El Niño

SADC states to meet on El Niño

26 Feb 2016

Region faces transport bottlenecks in grain movement

Region faces transport bottlenecks in grain movement

22 Feb 2016

East and Southern Africa battles with effects of El Niño

East and Southern Africa battles with effects of El Niño

Ruth Bookbinder 3 Feb 2016

Shine a light on the gaps

Shine a light on the gaps

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Janeen Madan 21 Jan 2016

Eduardo Cleofe via

Bosch Packaging Technology invests in Ethiopia's coffee industry

2 Dec 2015

Empowering women can help drive sustainable forest use in Africa

Empowering women can help drive sustainable forest use in Africa

14 Sep 2015

Foreign investor buys stake in Mugabe dairy rival

Foreign investor buys stake in Mugabe dairy rival

Memory Mataranyika 28 May 2015

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