More than 60mn people have been affected by El Niño and many more are highly vulnerable to La Niñas likely knock-on effect, a meeting of UN agencies at the FAO headquarters revealed
International food commodity prices shot up 4.2 per cent in June, the highest monthly increase in the last four years
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced plans to invest US$24bn to support the implementation of the continent’s agricultural transformation agenda
Burkina Faso has decided to phase out genetically modified (GM) cotton in favour of the conventional variety, following complaints from farmers concerning quality
The Kagera regional commissioner (RC) Salim Kijuu has advised farmers in Kagera, Tanzania to use Robusta varieties that are resistant to coffee wilt disease (CWD) to improve their incomes
