Rise of precision agriculture exposes food system to new threats.
Farmers are adopting precision agriculture, using data collected by GPS, satellite imagery, internet-connected sensors and other technologies to farm more efficiently. While these practices...
Russia restricts imports of agricultural products from Moldova.
Russia has banned imports of agriculture products from 31 of 34 regions of Moldova starting from Aug. 15, its agriculture safety watchdog said on...
Ghana-inspired plantain chips brand eyeing the US market.
While working in New York as an executive assistant at a personal care products company, Jamie D. Saleeby realized there were very few African-inspired...
Why you should never use a metal knife to slice an...
Next time you reach for the utensil drawer to slice up an avocado for your morning avocado toast, you might want to think twice...
Helping cassava farmers by extending crop life – CassVita.
“Normally 40 percent of the cassava harvest is lost, but with our technology, none of the harvests is lost, so that’s extra income,” CassVita...
Ghana: CEO’s journey of building a mass-market snack-food business.
Geoffrey Fadoul, CEO of Daily Food, and his co-founder started an industrial bakery business that sells snack foods across West Africa. It also supplies...
Cocoa beans, cocoa products’ export value forecast to increase in line...
The export value of cocoa beans and cocoa-based downstream products is expected to continue to increase this year after recording an encouraging increase last...
Fertiliser prices rise again.
Poor smallholder farmers may jointly be contributing K323 billion towards the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) in the coming growing season, a jump from K52...
Fertilizer Inflation Forces Overhaul of Brazil Ports, and Railways.
Brazil’s heavy dependence on fertilizer imports is leading to a major upgrade of the nation’s ports, railways and distribution centers.
Hundreds of millions of dollars...
COCOBOD scolds multinationals for deliberate price plummets.
The current shortage of cocoa in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire for international market supply, and its resultant low pricing, is creating suspicions of global...
