Farmers Hire Gunmen to Guard Cocoa Farms in Uganda As Prices Soar
Accra Time
Global cocoa prices have reached their highest point in over a decade as dry weather hinders farming in Ghana and Ivory Coast, the biggest producers of cocoa in the world. Read more »
Top Officials Arrested Over Fake Fertilizer
Capital FM
Top officials of the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) are set to face charges Thursday in the fake fertiliser scandal. Read more »
110 MPs Sign Impeachment Notice Against Agriculture CS Linturi
Capital FM
Bumula Member of Parliament Jack Wamboka has filed a notice of motion to impeach Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi. Read more »
Liberian Government Faces Backlash Over Ban On Unprocessed Rubber Export
FrontPageAfrica
Representatives of the Consortium of Rubber Sector Actors of Liberia (CORSAL) and various progressive forces have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Liberian government's ban… Read more »
Zbar Launches Campaign to Promote Domestic Use of Seaweed Products
Daily News
ZANZIBAR has launched campaign to promote domestic use of seaweed products as part of efforts to expand the market of the spices in the country. Read more »
Cocoa Beans Exported From Cote d'Ivoire to EU Originate From Deforested Land in Liberia [press release]
Liberian Observer
Authors of an investigation reveal that companies sourcing cocoa from Côte d'Ivoire are promoting the destruction of forests in Liberia. Read more »
Muntu Blames 'Selfish Interests' for Low Cane Prices in Busoga
Nile Post
| The President of the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) party, Major-General Mugisha Muntu, has attributed the fluctuations in the prices of sugarcane to absence of… Read more »
MPs Want Answers From Linturi in Raging Fake Fertilizer Scandal, Summons Issued
Capital FM
NAIROBI, Kenya - Members of the National Assembly are intensifying efforts to uncover the truth behind the fake fertilizer scandal by summoning high-ranking officials from the… Read more »
Broken Promises and Barren Fields - Serere Farmers Vent Frustration
Nile Post
Discontent simmers among farmers in Uganda's Serere region. Their primary targets? The underperformance of the NASA Research Institute (NASA RI) and a long-defunct soil testing… Read more »
Zimtrade Targets Zambia's Agritech Expo
New Zimbabwe
TRADE promotion agency, ZimTrade has tabled plans to connect local companies to the Zambia Agritech Expo set to kick off later this week. Read more »
Tea Worth Millions Unsold As Minimum Price On Older Stocks Reinstated
Business Day Africa
Kenyan tea worth Ksh2.3 billion was withdrawn from the market in the latest sale as the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) instructed brokers to sell the beverage at the reserved… Read more »
Communal Farmers Warned Against Selling Livestock As Hunger Bites
New Zimbabwe
Agriculture minister, Anxious Masuka has warned communal farmers against selling their livestock amid the hunger crisis the country is currently facing. Read more »
West Africa's Falling Fish Stocks - Illegal Chinese Trawlers, Climate Change and Artisanal Fishing Fleets to Blame [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Average fish catches by traditional fishing communities along the west African coast have declined significantly over the past three decades. Read more »
U.S.$103m Windfall for Tobacco Farmers, As U.S.$4, 99 Price Ceiling Breached
The Herald
FARMERS' earnings from tobacco sales continue on an upward trajectory recording a 75 percent increase from US$59 million earned by Day 13 in the 2023 marketing season to US$103… Read more »
Former President Weah Only Reinforced the Moratorium Placed On Unprocessed Rubber By Former President Sirleaf [opinion]
FrontPageAfrica
The politics surrounding the moratorium placed on unprocessed natural rubber by some individuals that former president Weah issued an Executive Order No. 124 to protect Indian… Read more »