Agriculture
May 31,
2018
Coffee prices at the Nairobi auction declined marginally this week, reversing the 11 per cent rise that was registered in the previous week’s sale. On average, the price of a…
May 30,
2018
The land reform debate in South Africa is dominated by a political agenda. This is a pity because other more relevant economic viewpoints on the subject are being ignored. In…
May 23,
2018
Seafood consumption is both a love and a necessity for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. And its supply is a key part of maintaining food security for the whole…
May 21,
2018
Ghana’s balance of trade is set to receive support from cocoa export and oil production revenues this year according to researchers at Standard Bank, parent company of Stanbic Bank Ghana.…
May 18,
2018
Worldwide, areas suitable for cocoa production are predicted to shrink by up to 20-30% over the next 30 years. This is because cocoa trees are already struggling to cope with…
May 14,
2018
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja inaugurated National Food Security Council, to among others, explore and nip in the bud, issues capable of creating food security crisis in the…
May 08,
2018
Cereal farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing heavy losses due to the devastation by an invasive pest: the Fall army worm - Spodoptera frugiperda. In Africa it has caused huge…
Apr 27,
2018
Global audit firm KPMG has urged Ivory Coast to introduce a spot sales system for local cocoa exporters who were responsible for defaults on 148,000 tonnes of contracts in the…
Apr 26,
2018
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has established a National Food Security Council to address challenges in the country’s food and agriculture sectors. Food security is a huge problem in Nigeria. It…
Apr 16,
2018
The African Development Bank has signed a loan agreement for a soft commodity finance facility (SCFF) with the Export Trading Group (ETC). The Bank said the facility is structured in two…
Mar 25,
2018
For generations, those who lived by Ghana’s forests invariably saw their lives get tougher when timber companies arrived in their areas: access to the forests they relied on was restricted,…
Mar 22,
2018
Insect pests cause almost half of the crop losses in Africa. If the continent is to feed its growing population, farmers must find ways to control them. Pests account for…
Mar 21,
2018
Ghana’s agriculture minister said the country will not cut the pay of cocoa farmers, marking a turnaround from a previous announcement that producer compensation has to reflect a decline in…
Feb 15,
2018
Namibia’s consumer inflation slowed to 3.6 percent year-on-year in January from 5.2 percent in December, the statistics office said on Thursday. However, inflation on a month-on-month basis quickened to 1.6…
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