Africa Business Communities

Agribusiness
COMESA invests in cassava SMEs to boost the crops competitiveness
African Union Agriculture Ministers push for biofortification as a food-based nutrition strategy
Scientists uncover origins of worlds deadliest strain of cereal rust disease threatening global food security
Global treaty critical for saving disappearing plants amid climate change, FAO
ICRISAT researchers develop breeding protocol that creates new varieties of chickpea in half-time
[South Africa] Burgeoning Moringa industry could become bigger than Cocoa, stakeholders
Growing food demand, weather changes drive global herbicide market, report
UNIDO, Ethiopia and China partner on livestock value chain development
Global atlas on using advanced technology to monitor fishing activity launched
Ethiopia government and IFAD in a $451 million project to help families adapt to climate shocks
IITA launches tissue culture laboratory in DR Congo
East African Community partner states validate draft fertilizer policy and bill
Angola increases mills, boosts cultivation of wheat to promote self sufficiency
[Interview] Utibe Uko, Founder, UniQuest Farms & Innovations Centre, Nigeria
Global blockchain spend in agriculture reaches $524 million
Sierra Leone, IFAD to strengthen partnerships, agricultural value chains and rural financing
South Africa farmers bet on online trading
[Angola] Government provides 50 tractors for agricultural mechanization
Whole foods market predicts top 10 food trends for 2020
[Interview] James Lomax, food systems expert, UNEP
Seedlink partners with Water Powered Technologies to introduce zero carbon irrigation to African farmers