The FAO Sub-Regional office for West Africa (SFW) is organising its 15th annual multidisciplinary team (MDT15) meeting in hybrid mode from 28 November to 1 December 2023, in Banjul, Gambia
Agriculture
New partnership fosters expansion of agribusiness opportunities for Ugandan youth
Heifer International joined forces with Canadian charity, Mastercard Foundation to expand access to agribusiness opportunities for more 250,000 youth in Uganda
El Nino fallout causes sugar prices to soar worldwide
India and Thailand have faced their driest months as the El Nino weather patterns have taken a massive toll on crop harvests, especially in case of crops like sugar that have seen a major downfall in production globally, with prices skyrocketing since 2011
Côte d'Ivoire welcomes new Better Cotton programme to boost sustainability
One of the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiatives, Better Cotton, has announced a new programme in Côte dIvoire with the aim of supporting 200,000 domestic cotton farmers in its first five years of launch
AFEX releases 2023 Crop Production report
Africa’s leading commodities player, AFEX, unveiled its 2023 Crop Production report in a hybrid event hosted at its Abuja office on 16 November 2023