Climate change could pose a major risk to cassava in Africa:...
Cassava is a starchy, tuberous root, introduced to sub-Saharan Africa by Portuguese traders centuries ago. It is a nutrition lifeboat for over 800 million...
Current Cocoa Pricing Mechanisms fail to protect farmers – COFAAA
The Cocoa Farmers Alliance Association of Africa has raised serious concerns that existing cocoa pricing models are failing to protect farmers across Africa.
In a...
Ghana can be self-sufficient in tomatoes in four years – Dumelo
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has urged farmers to intensify dry-season farming to boost local production of tomatoes and stabilise food supply, following...
Burkina bans tomato exports with immediate effect to protect local...
Burkina Faso has suspended all fresh tomato exports across its territory with immediate effect, as the military-led government moves to protect domestic processing units...
Cocoa Prices Retreat as Consistent Rains Boost West African Crop Prospects
Cocoa prices settled sharply lower on Tuesday due to an improving supply outlook, amid reports from West African farmers that said consistent rains have...
Suppliers of school feeding programme import rice instead of buying from...
The CEO of Akuafo Nketewa and the former director of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, has alleged that contractors engaged by the government...
Australia invests AUD76m in Ghana’s climate resilient agriculture
The Australian government has once again demonstrated its commitment to climate resilience and agriculture in Africa with the launch of the Africa-Australia Partnership.
The project,...
Seven (7) 40HP outboard motors have been donated to fishers in...
As directed by the President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, the Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Emelia Arthur, together with the...
Cameroon crosses 80% Cocoa processing mark as new 32,000-tonnes plant break...
Cameroon has laid the foundation stone for a new cocoa grinding and processing plant in Baré-Bakem, Moungo Division of the Littoral Region, further consolidating...
Ivory Coast reassures farmers over purchase of excess cocoa stock amid...
Ivory Coast has given assurances it will continue a programme to buy a residual stock of 100,000 metric tons of cocoa at the guaranteed...
