National Trends
Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Required to Eliminate Child Labour – Cocoa Expert
There is a need for a multi-sector partnership approach to reduce and eliminate child labour in cocoa farms across the...
Ukraine Says EU Allows Resumption of Imports of Ukrainian Poultry
Ukraine, a major supplier of poultry products, said on Monday the European Union had lifted all limits on Ukrainian poultry...
Ozone harms East Asian crops, costing $63 bln a year, scientists say
Fossil fuel emissions aren’t just driving climate change and worsening air quality, they’re also hurting crop yields enough to cause...
Looking ahead at tractor supply & demand in 2022
The tractor market has been in a unique place since the pandemic started. What does 2022 look like for it?...
Powerful sensors on planes detect crop nitrogen with high accuracy
Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers transformed agriculture as we know it during the Green Revolution, catapulting crop yields and food security to...
Kenya’s food imports increase with worsening inflation
China is the most significant contributor of Kenyan imports accounting for 31.6 per cent of the total bill. This is...
AgDevCo attracts local investor to grow food crops in the Babator Irrigated Farming Hub
AgDevCo has announced that Oba Pack Company Limited, a Ghanaian-owned agribusiness, has purchased the Babator Farming Company Limited (BFC). Prior...
Local fruit processing industry operating at 62% capacity, Research Reveals
Analysis of the fruit processing sector in the country has shown that the industry is being underutilized, as only about...
Striking Cocoa Carriers to Resume Work — COCOBOD Announces
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has given an assurance that striking cocoa carriers will resume work this week, as measures...
1D1F targets investor-focus on 124 ‘vacant’ districts, Trade Minister Reveals
With 278 projects incorporated under government’s flagship One District, One Factory (1D1F) initiative in 136 districts, attention of the programme’s...