Ghana Opens a 30-Acre Hybrid Shea Farm That Fruits in Three Years Instead of Twenty
Ghana has opened a 30-acre hybrid shea demonstration farm near Tamale, where the trees are said to fruit in about...
September 17, 2026Topic
agriculture
Kenya Livestock Project Gets US$55 Million More From IFAD
IFAD has approved an additional US$55 million, about Sh7.1 billion, to expand Kenya’s livestock commercialization project in the dryland counties.
September 16, 2026
Ethiopia Harvest May Fall 30% as Kiremt Rains Fail
FEWS NET says Ethiopia’s meher harvest could be up to 30% below average after the poorest kiremt rains on record,...
September 16, 2026
Ivorian Cocoa Cards Record 38,000 Farmer Sales
38,000 Ivorian cocoa producers sold using traceability cards between 1 and 13 September. The system became mandatory when the season...
September 16, 2026
Kenya Sugar Protection Lapses and Nairobi Looks Again
Kenya’s COMESA sugar safeguard expired on 30 November 2025 after 24 years. The East African reports Nairobi is now exploring...
September 16, 2026
Senegal Talks Oil Palm Revival With Indonesia in Dakar
Senegal’s agriculture minister and Indonesia’s ambassador discussed reviving oil palm across 60,000 hectares. Nothing has been signed.
September 15, 2026
Tanzania Cotton Farmers Say One Buyer Turns Up. The Prime Minister Has Given the Ministry a Month.
Thirty years after the trade was opened to competition, growers in the northwest say they face one buyer. The government...
September 14, 2026
Olam Agri Enters Nigeria’s Cattle Feed Market
Olam Agri launched a cattle feed range in Kaduna, its first ruminant nutrition move in Nigeria. The market it is...
September 14, 2026
Angola’s Benguela Province Uses a 415-Company Trade Fair to Chase Foreign Investment
Benguela's 15th international fair opened on 9 September 2026 with 415 companies, aiming to turn the province's potential into investment.
September 13, 2026