'For Every Cube of Sugar Imported, We're Importing Poverty, Insecurity Others'

Daily Trust

For every cube of sugar imported into Nigeria, one is bringing poverty, unemployment and insecurity among others, the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of… Read more »

Nigeria Will Add Rice to Export Commodities in 2 Years - Nanono

Vanguard

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says with the phenomenal increase in rice production and processing in the country, Nigeria will be exporting the… Read more »

Bill Proposes Formation of Sugar Board

Addis Fortune

Hired by the Ministry of Finance (MoF), a team of legal experts from the Addis Abeba University and an economist from the National Bank of Ethiopia has been drafting the Sugar… Read more »

Bid to Protect West Coast Jewel From Mining

GroundUp

The future of one of South Africa's most important biodiversity areas - the Olifants River estuary on the West Coast near Lutzville - could be decided at a crucial meeting on… Read more »

Country Needs Commodities Exchange Markets [guest column]

263Chat

The recent revelations by the Zimbabwean government that the country loses over 30 tonnes of Gold (Worth around US$2 billion) to South Africa and other world markets, through… Read more »

Exim Expands, Buys All of UBL Business

East African

Exim Bank Tanzania now owns 100 per cent of the business and assets of United Bank Ltd (T), a subsidiary of Pakistan's UBL Bank. Read more »

Maize Price Soars in Tanzania

East African

There will be no regulation of the price of maize and other cereals despite a growing shortage that has seen the local staple food hit Tsh110,00 ($47.9) per 100-kilogramme bag, up… Read more »

Tea Farmers in Murang'a Stare At Losses After Landslide

Nation

About 2,000 tea bushes have been swept away following a landslide in Githambo village, Kiharu Constituency in Murang'a County. Read more »

Why Cutting Off Artisanal Miners Is Not Responsible Sourcing [press release]

Global Witness

Artisanal mining gets a lot of bad press. It is often demonised as a sector rife with human rights abuses, child labour and environmental destruction. Companies have sometimes… Read more »

DC Praises Petrobena for Early Delivery of Fertilizers to Tobacco Growers

Daily News

CHUNYA District looks forward to having increased tobacco harvests in the next season because relevant fertilizers and farm inputs have been delivered to growers well in time by… Read more »

Cabinet Removes Duty On Basic Commodities

The Herald

Government has removed import duty on maize and wheat, among other basic commodities, as it seeks to ensure affordability of essential foodstuffs and to mitigate the effects of the… Read more »

Food, Commodities Raise Tanzania's Inflation

East African

Inflation in Tanzania for the month of October increased to 3.6 per cent from 3.4 per cent recorded in the previous month, data from National Bureau of Statistics indicate. Read more »

A Cup of Rooibos Tea Empowers Communities

SAnews.gov.za

The Khoi Khoi and San communities are set to benefit from the industry-wide benefit-sharing agreement (BSA) for traditional knowledge associated with Rooibos. Read more »

Investors Back Global Online Market-Place for Ethical, Green Farmers

Thomson Reuters Foundation

The platform aims to help helps developing-nation farmers who are using green and ethical methods to earn more by linking them directly with food buyers around the world Read more »

Ghana to Seal U.S.$600 Million Cocoa Loan

This Day

Ghana's cocoa regulator will this week finalise a $600 million loan to finance new warehouses, rehabilitate plantations and support the processing sector, officials said on Monday. Read more »