Nigeria is looking at exporting cashew nuts worth US$2bn in next two years as part of its measures to diversify the economy and move away from over-dependency on oil, according to executive director of Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC)

Agricultural equipment manufacturer Case IH, supply-chain specialist Toyota Tsusho East Africa and Toyota Tanzania sponsored an agricultural event in Tanzania to support the agribusiness sector in East Africa

The Nairobi-based World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) has released a new publication to increase knowledge on the baobab tree that inhabits regions along the Kenyan coast

French food company Danone and US-based chocolate manufacturer Mars will invest US$120mn over the next decade in an investment fund aimed at increasing the productivity of smallholder farmers in Africa