Category: Agriculture

Washington, US// – The World Bank Group (WBG) today approved a fourth phase of the West Africa Food System Resilience Program (FSRP) to help strengthen food security and accelerate job creation across the continent.

Ghana’s licensed cocoa buyers lack the funds to buy beans from farmers despite the government’s recent move to slash the fixed price it sets for the chocolate ​ingredient, sources at the firms told Reuters.

Washington, DC, USA//— Rebalancing water use across the global food system is key to meeting future food demand sustainably and could generate 245 million long-term jobs, largely in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new World Bank Group report launched today.

Burkina Faso has suspended all fresh tomato exports across its territory with immediate effect, as the military-led government moves to protect domestic processing units from supply shortages.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), Alex Mould, has raised serious concerns about neglected agricultural infrastructure assets across Ghana’s Middle Belt following a week-long field assessment tour of key farming zones.

With Kenyan food prices climbing and shortages mounting following an agricultural season marred by crop losses to weather, Farmer service FarmBizAfrica has today launched the most complete AI-driven tool to help farmers double their incomes and slash weather risk in the current planting season.

A recent survey by Global InfoAnalytics has revealed that most cocoa farmers in Ghana believe the government’s newly announced farmgate price is fair, despite street protests and criticism from opposition politicians.

Cocoa farmers have picketed the headquarters of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) in Accra, intensifying protests over falling producer prices and delayed payments that they say are pushing farming households into economic distress.

The Board of Directors of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has resolved not to receive any sitting allowances for the remainder of the 2025/2026 cocoa season as part of efforts to support ongoing reforms in the sector.

Last week, seven Ghanaian traders were gruesomely killed, and several others were wounded when insurgents ambushed a community in Burkina Faso where they had travelled to buy tomatoes and other foodstuffs.