A new modelling study published today warns that the dry-season irrigated rice in West Africa’s Sahel region has reached the critical threshold of 37 degrees Celsius – the tipping point. Further temperature rise could devastate rice yields in this region due to decreasing photosynthesis at high temperatures
The Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have stepped up efforts to assist farmers and alleviate hunger in Congo and Nigeria
Jeddah-based International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) has signed a US$128.83mn Murabaha Financing Agreement to finance Burkina Faso 2017-2018 Cotton Season with SOFITEX as executing agent
East Africa’s grain traders have started buying maize from Uganda at about half the international price, after a bounty harvest in the country
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), has signed a US$117.94mn syndicated agreement with the government of Cameroon and Sodecoton for the export of cotton and import of agricultural inputs
