Bird flu outbreak claims over 500 000 chickens in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou – At least half a million chickens have been either killed by a bird flu outbreak in Burkina Faso... Read more
15 Jan, 2022
SA’s agriculture sector hails failure by govt to push through land expropriation bill
Cape Town – The South African Agriculture sector has reportedly hailed the government’s unsuccessful bid to expropriate land without... Read more
10 Dec, 2021
On Africa’s ‘chocolate islands’, cocoa producers target luxury market
São Tomé – A morsel of chocolate sits on the tongue, and a strong yet subtle flavour starts to blossom.... Read more
8 Dec, 2021
Hunger stalks jihadist-battered Niger
Niamey – Few countries in the world struggle with as many burdens as Niger. The arid Sahel state is... Read more
3 Dec, 2021
Algerian farmer’s olive oil wins global recognition
Aïn Oussera – Hakim Alileche left a successful career in graphic design and moved to the Algerian countryside to produce... Read more
7 Nov, 2021
Top cashew producer Ivory Coast to triple processing by 2022
Abidjan – Top cashew producer Ivory Coast is to open three new processing plants with the aim of tripling its... Read more
3 Nov, 2021
Senegalese onion farmers in tears over glut
Bambilor – In a satellite town of Senegal’s capital Dakar, 25kg sacks of onions are piled up on pavements,... Read more
3 Sep, 2021
Tomato, spinach, pepper prices are skyrocketing again
Cape Town – The price for tomatoes, spinach, and peppers has recently gone up due to frost that has... Read more
17 Aug, 2021
SA’s ‘crazy’ mountain farmers cash in on truffle bet
Ceres – Only shrubs grew naturally in the sandy acid soil that farmer Volker Miros chose as a site... Read more
5 Aug, 2021
