Despite predictions of a record global harvest in July, a few weeks later prices for maize and soybeans broke the record levels of the 2007-08 food crisis causing riots in 30 ... Read more »
An extensive analysis into the issues crippling Nigeria's economy, government and security. Writer Philip Asiodu believes that Nigeria will play a vanguard role in African ... Read more »
The economy, once touted as Africa's most promising, is collapsing into a recessionary heap with increasing bank charges and a suffering agribusinesses sector, writes Nelson Chenga ... Read more »
A United Nations representative is urging the continent to diversify from mainstream economic activity and turn to agriculture as a solution to growth. Read more »
The government is attempting to resurrect the textile industry so that cotton farmers can receive a much needed boost for their crops. Read more »
Over 100 African crop breeding experts have convened in Nairobi to discuss how to meet smallholder farmers' need for high performing and high impact seed varieties. Read more »
Kenya is hoping to partner with Chinese investors in a bid to improve its export of the brewed beverage. Read more »
The United Nations 2012 report on the state of the world's aquaculture and fisheries reveals that the sector produced global trade valued at an estimated U.S.$125 billion in 2011 ... Read more »
A new report details a cost-effective process to assist communities in creating partnerships that increase control of their land. The report documents communities in Liberia, ... Read more »
In the Democratic Republic of Congo's worst livestock epidemic in more than a decade, a lethal disease has killed more than 75,000 goats and put another 1 million goats and 600,000 ... Read more »
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