Côte d'Ivoire, the world's biggest cocoa producer, has sold 1.3 million tonnes of cocoa contracts for the 2025/26 October to March main crop, down from 1.4 million tonnes last year.
The Malawian government has banned maize exports to improve food security in the country, which is currently in an acute food shortage.
A global hunger monitor has confirmed famine conditions in Al Fasher, the Sudanese city taken by the paramilitary RSF after a lengthy siege, as well as Kadugli, another besieged city in Sudan's south.
The infrastructure fund will be used to boost farming - the biggest economic sector in Kenya - especially to improve production of crops, President William Ruto said.
Ogaden Liquified Natural Gas Project in Calub is expected to produce 111 million litres of gas and 1,000 megawatts of electricity.
The Gambian jollof rice victory happened at West Africa’s biggest annual culinary festival: WAFFEST 2025, in Ghana’s capital, Accra.
China has sentenced former Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Tang Renjian to death with a two-year reprieve for taking nearly $38 million in bribes, according to state news agency Xinhua.
Black pod disease is ravaging cocoa plantations in Cameroon's Southwest region, one of the country's top cocoa belts, driven by weeks of heavy rains, an official said.
Nigeria is preparing the template for Africa's agricultural future, using scientific logic and community assurance to persuade farmers to adopt genetically modified crops that promise enhanced yields, drought resistance
It’s Hilda Baci's latest world record bid after successfully going to record books in 2023 for the longest cooking marathon by an individual.
The egusi seeds were transported to the International Space Station by a capsule that launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as part of a project to study how they react to conditions in space.
The plant, which will be launched on site soon, has the capacity to produce up to three million metric tonnes of fertiliser annually, the Ethiopian prime minister said.
Zimbabwe has brought back a ban on maize imports to boost local farmers, and has grown enough of its own this year to supply its millers, a senior agriculture ministry official said on Monday.
IPC confirms Gaza City is gripped by famine and warns it will spread southward by the end of September, with 132,000 children under five facing life-threatening malnutrition.
At least 147 people have died of starvation since October 2023, including 88 children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan worth $116.4 million to support sustainable farming, led by women and young people in Morocco.
Ghana's cocoa regulator has said that increased disease incidence caused by prolonged rainfall and not enough sunlight could lead to moderate production decline.
The Turkish Embassy in Mogadishu supported the groundbreaking event, highlighting a commitment to Somalia's development and cultural engagement.
Nigeria is importing dairy cattle from Denmark as it aims to double its milk output within five years.
Farmers nationwide expressed confidence as favourable weather conditions improve cocoa pods ahead of August.
Fishing is central to life in coastal Senegal, employing over 600,000 people.
As Somalia’s coffee culture reclaims its place in society after losing decades to conflict, cafés have become the meeting grounds where a nation on the mend finds its voice and the stimulus to forge ahead.
Namibia's President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has appointed Ingenesia Inge Zaamwani as the new minister of agriculture, fisheries, water and land reform.
M23 rebels and their allies have taken over the town of Lunyasenge on the west coast of Lake Edward in eastern DRC.
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