African businesses are being challenged to wake up to the economic, social and environmental power of the Blue Economy...
10 May 2019
Palm oil can be found in food and cosmetics everywhere: in fact, half of the world's population uses palm oil in food...
Jake Bicknell, Eleanor Slade and Matthew Struebig 19 Nov 2018
The AfDB is leading efforts to wake the 'sleeping giant' that is the African savannah and turn it into the cradle of the continent's green revolution...
8 Nov 2018
The global sesame oil market reached 1,917k tonnes in 2016, expanding strongly over the last four years...
13 Sep 2018
The United States Department of Agriculture has just released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, which covers most major grains and oilseeds estimates for the 2018/19 production season...
Wandile Sihlobo 13 Aug 2018
The world food import bill has broadly tripled since 2000 to reach $1.43tn in 2017, while it has risen around fivefold for countries that are the most vulnerable to food shortages...
10 Jul 2018
Soya bean production remains at the heart of the US-China trade war, hence prices were under pressure on Friday (6 July 2018) on the back of the introduction of tariffs. For context, China is the world's largest soya bean consumer and heavily reliant on imports.
Wandile Sihlobo 9 Jul 2018
The decline is driven primarily by lower benchmark price quotations for wheat, maize and vegetable oils including those made from soybeans...
5 Jul 2018
Driven in part by an increase in conflicts and climate-induced disasters, the number of child labourers in agriculture worldwide has increased substantially from 98 million to 108 million since 2012 after more than a decade of continuous decline, according to the latest estimates...
13 Jun 2018
The increased global consumption of sesame seeds is mainly due to the heightened demand for the product from the growing Asian and African populations...
8 Jun 2018
East African countries could lead the world in growth in consumption of tea during the next decade, even as they occupy top positions in exports of the commodity...
Maryanne Gicobi 6 Jun 2018
Zambian startup eMsika is helping farmers find, buy and receive agricultural inputs in a fast, trustworthy and convenient way, as well as access markets for their produce...
Tom Jackson 4 Jun 2018
Driven by the growth of population, the popularity of spices, and the growth of the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry, the cinnamon sector is expected to continue an upward consumption trend...
31 May 2018
Tea consumption has grown particularly rapidly in China, India and other emerging economies, driven by a combination of higher incomes and efforts to diversify production to include speciality items such as herbal teas, fruit fusions and flavoured gourmet teas...
30 May 2018
