Spice trade aims for galactic growth with Horizon investment
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On his family’s four-hectare plot in Kurumi Musa in Kaduna State, northern Nigeria, farmer Istifanus…

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Spice trade aims for galactic growth with Horizon investment

How AI can help Africa's youth to drive agricultural change
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This week, global leaders and policymakers are converging in Dakar, Senegal, to position the youth…

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How AI can help Africa's youth to drive agricultural change

Climate change threatens success of Zimbabwe's big earner
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Zimbabwe officially closed the tobacco marketing season earlier this month with a record-breaking output of…

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Climate change threatens success of Zimbabwe's big earner

How the G20 can trigger an African agricultural revival
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Global food systems are under immense strain. Climate change, geopolitical instability, rising protectionism and repeated…

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How the G20 can trigger an African agricultural revival

Kenya’s tea exports soar amid renewed focus on value addition
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Tea is one of Kenya’s main exports and a significant driver of the country’s economy,…

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Kenya’s tea exports soar amid renewed focus on value addition

Can Fairtrade help African farmers get a better deal?
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Among those leading the charge to responsibly source food is Fairtrade, the global non-profit whose…

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Can Fairtrade help African farmers get a better deal?

Morocco’s OCP takes on Africa’s agricultural productivity challenge
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Agriculture accounts for roughly a third of Africa’s GDP and provides a livelihood to more…

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Morocco’s OCP takes on Africa’s agricultural productivity challenge

Ensuring water supply for a drought-prone citrus producer
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Like much of Morocco, the most pressing challenge facing the Souss Massa region today is…

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Ensuring water supply for a drought-prone citrus producer

Biochar: Can plant waste boost farms and save the environment?
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In Kisumu, Kenya, start-up company Tera Carbon is collecting waste residues from sugarcane, heating this…

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Biochar: Can plant waste boost farms and save the environment?

Nigeria seeks to boost cocoa exports as oil falters
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Almost four decades after Nigeria dispensed with a cocoa-industry regulatory board in 1986, a new…

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Nigeria seeks to boost cocoa exports as oil falters