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Farmers work at a cocoa farm in Daloa, Ivory Coast, 3 October 2023. Reuters/Ange Aboa/File Photo

EU will not delay deforestation law, environment chief says on Ivory Coast visitAnge Aboa

Ivory Coast in fresh stand-off with cocoa buyers over premium

Ivory Coast in fresh stand-off with cocoa buyers over premium

By Ange Aboa 27 Oct 2023

Global food prices rebounds in July

Global food prices rebounds in July

7 Aug 2023

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Cocoa prices hit highest in 12 years in New York

Cocoa prices hit highest in 12 years in New York

Marcelo Teixeira 19 Jul 2023

High domestic food prices threaten vulnerable countries - FAO

High domestic food prices threaten vulnerable countries - FAO

11 Jul 2023

Unilever pivots to African suppliers as forex pressure mounts

Unilever pivots to African suppliers as forex pressure mounts

Seun Sanni 31 May 2023

Continent's best beers awarded at African Beer Cup

Continent's best beers awarded at African Beer Cup

11 May 2023

Kellogg buys key ingredient from conflict-ridden Sudan but sees no shortage now - CEO

Kellogg buys key ingredient from conflict-ridden Sudan but sees no shortage now - CEO

Jessica DiNapoli 8 May 2023

Source: , , via Wikimedia Commons

An international battle over cheese has left European producers feeling bitter

Enrico Bonadio and Andrea Zappalaglio 24 Mar 2023

Russia sets grain deal conditions, Putin suggests free grain for Africa

Russia sets grain deal conditions, Putin suggests free grain for Africa

Reuters 22 Mar 2023

R40bn Heineken-Distell merger gets the green light

10 Mar 2023

Global protein alternatives market to hit $73.9bn by 2031

Global protein alternatives market to hit $73.9bn by 2031

25 Jan 2023

Congo beer factory a beacon in region rocked by rebels

Congo beer factory a beacon in region rocked by rebels

Sonia Rolley 11 Jan 2023

Uganda coffee exports drop 15%, hurt by drought

Uganda coffee exports drop 15%, hurt by drought

Elias Biryabarema 28 Dec 2022

New food technologies could release 80% of the world's farmland back to nature

New food technologies could release 80% of the world's farmland back to nature

Chris D Thomas, Jack Hatfield and Katie Noble 9 Dec 2022

Source: feathercollector -

Cadbury-maker Mondelez pumps another $600m into cocoa sustainability programme

1 Nov 2022

Cotton exporter Benin developing home-grown textile industry

Cotton exporter Benin developing home-grown textile industry

Alison Williams 24 Oct 2022

Nestlé names Nicole Roos first female MD for East and Southern Africa

Nestlé names Nicole Roos first female MD for East and Southern Africa

19 Oct 2022

Can Ukraine's grain deal ease the global food crisis?

Can Ukraine's grain deal ease the global food crisis?

Nigel Hunt and Jonathan Saul 9 Sep 2022

Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference

Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference

Chloe MacLaren 1 Sep 2022

Helping Africa's coffee, wine producers access Chinese consumers

3 Aug 2022

Nigerian bakers suspend production over high costs

Nigerian bakers suspend production over high costs

Camillus Eboh 21 Jul 2022

Salmonella halts production at world's biggest chocolate plant

Salmonella halts production at world's biggest chocolate plant

1 Jul 2022

How nanotechnology can revive Nigeria's textile industry

How nanotechnology can revive Nigeria's textile industry

Agbaje Lateef 1 Jul 2022

African Beer Cup 2022: Continent's best beers awarded

African Beer Cup 2022: Continent's best beers awarded

7 Jun 2022

Nut industry hit with unanticipated market impacts and lockdowns in China

Nut industry hit with unanticipated market impacts and lockdowns in China

23 May 2022

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Ange Aboa 4 Mar 2022

Miguel Patricio, CEO at Kraft Heinz and Matias Muchnick, co-founder and CEO at NotCo. Source: Kraft Heinz

Kraft Heinz in joint venture to drive AI-driven plant-based food innovation

24 Feb 2022

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

Ratemo Michieka 7 Feb 2022

Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change - new research

Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change - new research

Denis J Murphy 31 Jan 2022

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Farmers work at a cocoa farm in Daloa, Ivory Coast, 3 October 2023. Reuters/Ange Aboa/File Photo

EU will not delay deforestation law, environment chief says on Ivory Coast visit

Ange Aboa 8 Apr 2024

Ivory Coast in fresh stand-off with cocoa buyers over premium

Ivory Coast in fresh stand-off with cocoa buyers over premium

Ange Aboa 27 Oct 2023

Global food prices rebounds in July

Global food prices rebounds in July

7 Aug 2023

Cocoa prices hit highest in 12 years in New York

Cocoa prices hit highest in 12 years in New York

Marcelo Teixeira 19 Jul 2023

High domestic food prices threaten vulnerable countries - FAO

High domestic food prices threaten vulnerable countries - FAO

11 Jul 2023

Unilever pivots to African suppliers as forex pressure mounts

Unilever pivots to African suppliers as forex pressure mounts

Seun Sanni 31 May 2023

Continent's best beers awarded at African Beer Cup

Continent's best beers awarded at African Beer Cup

11 May 2023

Kellogg buys key ingredient from conflict-ridden Sudan but sees no shortage now - CEO

Kellogg buys key ingredient from conflict-ridden Sudan but sees no shortage now - CEO

Jessica DiNapoli 8 May 2023

Source: , , via Wikimedia Commons

An international battle over cheese has left European producers feeling bitter

Enrico Bonadio and Andrea Zappalaglio 24 Mar 2023

Russia sets grain deal conditions, Putin suggests free grain for Africa

Russia sets grain deal conditions, Putin suggests free grain for Africa

Reuters 22 Mar 2023

R40bn Heineken-Distell merger gets the green light

10 Mar 2023

Global protein alternatives market to hit $73.9bn by 2031

Global protein alternatives market to hit $73.9bn by 2031

25 Jan 2023

Congo beer factory a beacon in region rocked by rebels

Congo beer factory a beacon in region rocked by rebels

Sonia Rolley 11 Jan 2023

Uganda coffee exports drop 15%, hurt by drought

Uganda coffee exports drop 15%, hurt by drought

Elias Biryabarema 28 Dec 2022

New food technologies could release 80% of the world's farmland back to nature

New food technologies could release 80% of the world's farmland back to nature

Chris D Thomas, Jack Hatfield and Katie Noble 9 Dec 2022

Source: feathercollector -

Cadbury-maker Mondelez pumps another $600m into cocoa sustainability programme

1 Nov 2022

Cotton exporter Benin developing home-grown textile industry

Cotton exporter Benin developing home-grown textile industry

Alison Williams 24 Oct 2022

Nestlé names Nicole Roos first female MD for East and Southern Africa

Nestlé names Nicole Roos first female MD for East and Southern Africa

19 Oct 2022

Can Ukraine's grain deal ease the global food crisis?

Can Ukraine's grain deal ease the global food crisis?

Nigel Hunt and Jonathan Saul 9 Sep 2022

Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference

Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference

Chloe MacLaren 1 Sep 2022

Helping Africa's coffee, wine producers access Chinese consumers

3 Aug 2022

Nigerian bakers suspend production over high costs

Nigerian bakers suspend production over high costs

Camillus Eboh 21 Jul 2022

Salmonella halts production at world's biggest chocolate plant

Salmonella halts production at world's biggest chocolate plant

1 Jul 2022

How nanotechnology can revive Nigeria's textile industry

How nanotechnology can revive Nigeria's textile industry

Agbaje Lateef 1 Jul 2022

African Beer Cup 2022: Continent's best beers awarded

African Beer Cup 2022: Continent's best beers awarded

7 Jun 2022

Nut industry hit with unanticipated market impacts and lockdowns in China

Nut industry hit with unanticipated market impacts and lockdowns in China

23 May 2022

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Ange Aboa 4 Mar 2022

Miguel Patricio, CEO at Kraft Heinz and Matias Muchnick, co-founder and CEO at NotCo. Source: Kraft Heinz

Kraft Heinz in joint venture to drive AI-driven plant-based food innovation

24 Feb 2022

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

Ratemo Michieka 7 Feb 2022

Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change - new research

Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change - new research

Denis J Murphy 31 Jan 2022

East Africa agricultural entrepreneurs find fortune in insect feed

East Africa agricultural entrepreneurs find fortune in insect feed

9 Nov 2021

Lessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

Lessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

Andrew Newsham, Toendepi Shonhe and Tsitsi Bvute 26 Oct 2021

Source: Symrise

Partnership formed to improve food innovation, nutrition in West Africa

19 Oct 2021

Global demand for cashews is booming. How Ghana can take advantage to create jobs

Global demand for cashews is booming. How Ghana can take advantage to create jobs

James Boafo and Kristen Lyons 21 Sep 2021

Source: Tiger Brands

Tiger Brands exits Nigeria with sale of UAC Foods shareholding

30 Aug 2021

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

Kamran Mahroof and Sankar Sivarajah 19 Aug 2021

Chocolate fix: How the cocoa industry could end deforestation in West Africa

Chocolate fix: How the cocoa industry could end deforestation in West Africa

Sophia Carodenuto 8 Jul 2021

Tetra Pak partners with Synercore to accelerate food chain innovation in Africa

Tetra Pak partners with Synercore to accelerate food chain innovation in Africa

2 Jul 2021

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Rooibos tea: EU protection is good news for South African agriculture

29 Jun 2021

Ivory Coast, Ghana push cocoa industry to boost premium payments

Ivory Coast, Ghana push cocoa industry to boost premium payments

Ange Aboa 14 May 2021