Climate change is expected to make agricultural development in Africa more challenging. Weather patterns are becoming less favorable in many instances, increasing the volatility of crop and livestock yields. The frequency and/or severity of extreme events is increasing as temperatures are projected to continue rising, and rainfall patterns are expected to

TANZANIA – RwandAir, the flag carrier airline of Rwanda has secured a deal with Tanzania that will see the airline transport fish cargo from Mwanza airport to Brussels, Belgium. “Today we inaugurated our cargo flight from Mwanza to Brussels which will be transporting fish to Europe,” the airline said in a tweet.

GHANA– Pioneer Food Cannery, a fish processing company owned by Thai Union, has partially resumed operations after it was shut down on April 17th  when 533 of its workers tested positive for the coronavirus disease. According to an internal memo signed by the Plant Director of the company, Mr Johnny Ladouce,

The Association of Sugar Producers of Mozambique (APAMO) called on Friday for the product’s renewed exemption from value added tax (VAT), to make it more accessible to families in face of increased demand resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. “In the context of our response to Covid-19, measures making sugar more

Moroccans can expect more options for sweet table grapes as Grapa Varieties prepares to improve the quality of local production. Rabat – Grapa Varieties, an international grape growing business, announced last week the opening of a new agency in Morocco to support local producers growing its “ARRA” and “Early Sweet”

Dar es Salaam — Avocados have become Tanzania’s latest green gold, bringing in at least $12 million (Sh27.6 billion) annually, up from zero five years ago, a new report reveals. Less than ten years ago, avocado exports never existed. But, data from Tanzania’s private sector horticultural apex body, the Tanzania

Addis Ababa, May 11, 2020 (FBC) – Ministry of Agriculture sated that Ethiopia has managed to secure close to 400 Million US Dollars from export of horticultural products over the last nine months. A Horticulture Investment Director at Ministry of Agriculture, Mekonnen Solomon said the horticulture export income has shown