Eastern Caribbean Develops Plan to Revive Agricultural Sector The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States has developed a plan to revive the region’s agricultural sector and reduce the amount spent on food i... 11/05/2015
East Africa smallholder farmers to benefit from new trading platform Smallholder farmers in the East Africa will soon be able to track movement of their produce from warehouses. 10/03/2015
Kenya cracks down on dishonest nut dealers The Kenyan Government is launching a facts-finding mission in the nuts sector to stem massive losses and widespread exploitation of nut farmers. 10/03/2015
Tanzania earns $256m from cashew exports Tanzania’s Cashewnut Board (CBT) has said over 149,742 tons of raw cashew nuts worth $225. 59 million have been exported for the 2014/15 agricultur... 10/03/2015
Changing patterns of African agro-food exports and challenges of integration into global value chains The 2014 African Economic Outlook (AEO) report has been published, covering both North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. The report, published by the... 07/12/2014
Ebola concerns threaten production and trade in West Africa In September 2014, FAO warned that the outbreak of the Ebola disease in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, “the three West African countries most af... 12/11/2014
World prices to rise faster for meat, dairy and fish than for cereals – but the ACP may miss out According to the latest annual OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook, growth rates in world prices for meat, dairy and fish (together with biofuels) will o... 28/09/2014
Making the most of GI protection under the SADC–EU EPA agreement As part of the SADC–EU EPA negotiations, agreement has been reached on the mutual recognition of a range of Geographical Indications (GIs) covering... 21/09/2014
More information cooperation needed to ease price volatility Researchers at the University of Bonn have argued in a recent report that “cross-border information sharing could help stabilise global commodity f... 10/08/2014
Trilogue process agrees new rules on curbing commodity market speculation New EU rules designed “to curb speculation in food commodities” have been agreed after trilateral (known as “trilogue”) consultations between the E... 23/02/2014