Ghana’s import of tomatoes from Burkina reaches US$400m annually.

Trade data from the Ghana Vegetable Producers and Exporters Association (Ghana Vegetables) indicate that annual tomato import from neighbouring Burkina Faso has...

Somalia could face acute food insecurity.

Aid organizations and the United Nations are calling for urgent famine relief in East Africa - as the people of Kenya, Somalia...

Ghana, 4 other ECOWAS states get $250m EBID support.

The Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has approved a total of USD 250 million for...

Shortage of specific vegetables to hit consumers in coming months

During the first week of October 2022, the Extension and Advisory Services Division through its technical staff, conducted a vegetable damage assessment...

Cameroon, Nigeria request to join Ivory-Ghana cocoa initiative.

Workers drying cocoa beans in the village of Goin DebeWorkers dry cocoa beans in the village of Goin Debe, Blolequin department, western...

Supply of fertilisers to Africa frozen, Russian private companies take initiative.

Due to the actual failure of the "grain deal" signed on July 22 in Istanbul, grain and fertilisers produced in Russia did...

Nestlé launches Nescafé Plan 2030 to help drive regenerative agriculture, reduce greenhouse gas...

Nescafé, Nestlé's largest coffee brand and one of the world's favorite coffees, outlined today its extensive plan to help make coffee farming...

Human-Caused Climate Change increased drought likelihood by over 20 times.

The 2022 Northern Hemisphere summer was one of the hottest ever recorded in Europe with over 24,000 heat-related fatalities, and brought intense...

Weather is the greatest cause of yield loss for farmers in...

The Regional Director for Africa, Kwabena Frimpong has revealed that currently, the weather is the greatest cause of yield loss for farmers...

Worldwide fertiliser shortage prompts Peru to turn to bird poo.

As countries around the world wrestle with shortages of imported fertiliser as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Peru has...