EBA reduces ACP exports, study claims A paper by two German academics from the 2010 German Development Economics Conference in Hanover has been published, and finds that there was a neg... 29/10/2010
Agricultural policy: Import dependency a major challenge in Cameroon A recent report by Cameroon’s Ministry of Finance on the balance of payments shows a sharp increase in the import of agricultural products in 2009.... 29/10/2010
EU and FAO support revival of rice production in Liberia A joint EC/FAO project to support the development of rice production in Liberia has been launched, with the aim of reducing national dependence on... 26/09/2010
EC releases aid fund following sugar privatisation On 26 August 2010, the Jamaican government and the EU concluded a J$4 billion (€36.25 million) programme of support to debt reduction (67.5%) and s... 26/09/2010
FSC receive assurances over sale of Tate & Lyle sugar division According to press reports, Fijian Permanent Secretary for Sugar Manasa Vaniqi received assurances at a briefing in London in mid July that the sal... 06/09/2010
Agricultural policy: CAADP process launched in DRC In June 2010 the government of the DRC launched a process for the establishment of a CAADP compact. This involves identifying ‘short-term and long-... 30/08/2010
Agricultural policy: Burkina Faso CAADP compact signed On 22 July 2010, the government of Burkina Faso signed a CAADP compact with regional organisations, development partners and private sector bodies.... 30/08/2010
Cameroon disappointed with level of BAM support for African banana producers In a press conference on 23 July 2010 in Yaoundé, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, Cameroon’s Minister of Trade, expressed great disappointment with t... 30/08/2010
New International Cocoa Agreement prioritises small farmers and fair pricing On 19 June 2010, a major meeting of cocoa-exporting and -importing countries was convened under the auspices of the UN Conference on Trade and Deve... 07/08/2010
Tea sector growth greater outside traditional markets A report from the FAO predicts that export markets for green tea will grow faster than export markets for black tea in the next ten years and that... 07/08/2010