Category: Agriculture
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How Cocoa Beans Beat Bitcoin: The Sweetest Investment of 2024
How Cocoa Beans Beat Bitcoin: The Sweetest Investment of 2024 In a surprising turn of events, cocoa beans—humble seeds that fuel the global chocolate industry—have outshined Bitcoin as the best-performing commodity of 2024. While the world watched Bitcoin smash records, briefly soaring past the $100,000 mark in December, cocoa quietly made an even bigger leap.…
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🇱🇷Let’s Grow +231: Sowing Seeds of Change in Liberian Backyards
Pan-African News Blog In a time when food security and sustainable living are gaining urgency across the globe, one grassroots initiative in Liberia is cultivating more than just crops—it’s nurturing confidence, self-reliance, and community resilience. Let’s Grow +231, a Liberian backyard gardening channel, is creating a “home away from home” for plant lovers who are passionate…
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🇯🇵Where Did All the Rice Go? Japan’s Vanishing Harvest and the Importance of African Rice Production
Rice has long been the lifeblood of Japan’s culinary and cultural identity. Yet, in the past two years, the country has faced a crisis unlike any before. A perfect storm of climate change-driven heat waves, unseasonal rains, earthquakes, and inflation has battered Japan’s rice production, leading to a sharp decline in harvests. As panic buying…
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🇱🇷 🇬🇭 The Future of Cassava in Africa: Growth, Innovation, and Sustainable Solutions
Cassava, a vital staple crop across Africa, plays a significant role in the economies of Liberia, Ghana, Senegal, and Burkina Faso. Its versatility extends beyond food consumption to various industrial applications, making it a cornerstone for both food security and economic development in these nations. Cassava Industry Overview and Projected Growth The global cassava market…
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The Corporatization of Marijuana: From Entertainers to Politicians, Immigration, and the Global Agricultural Industry
The global marijuana industry has undergone a seismic shift in recent years, evolving from a counterculture movement to a lucrative corporate venture. As legalization sweeps across the United States and beyond, the involvement of entertainers, politicians, and multinational corporations has transformed cannabis into a global commodity. However, this corporatization brings significant implications, including its ties…
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🇬🇲 Gambia: Global Hardwood Demand Cuts Deep Into the Gambia’s Revenue
Laws and policies against illicit logging exist, but sustainable solutions should also consider the many benefits of ecotourism. Illegal logging in Africa costs the continent up to US$17 billion annually. A high global demand for African hardwood fuels this environmental crime. By value and by volume, rosewood is the most trafficked wildlife product worldwide. Africa’s…
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Zimbabwe Introduces New Land Tenure Policy to Empower Black Farmers, Marking a Shift from Mugabe Era
Zimbabwe’s government has unveiled a groundbreaking initiative aimed at empowering black farmers through a new Land Tenure Implementation Program. Announced on December 20, 2024, this program seeks to address long-standing issues rooted in the controversial land reform program of the early 2000s under former President Robert Mugabe. A New Era for Black Farmers Central to…
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Nestlé’s Expanding Market Presence in Africa: Equity, Exports, and Corporate Responsibility
Nestlé, one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, has a significant footprint in Africa, where it has been operating for over 100 years. The company’s equity and market share in the African continent have been increasing as it continues to expand its operations and product offerings across various sectors, including dairy, cereals, bottled…
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🇬🇭 Ghana cocoa farmers restrict product supply amid price hike speculation
Cocoa farmers in Ghana are hoarding their products in anticipation of an increment in the price of cocoa. There are fears that this may cause pressure on the global cocoa market as Ghana is the world’s second largest cocoa producer with so many economies dependent on the country for cocoa beans. The hoarding has been…
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Italy’s Mattei Plan Seeks to Strengthen Africa Ties with Energy, Development, and Migration Initiatives
Italy’s recent developments in Africa revolve largely around the unveiling of the “Mattei Plan,” an ambitious strategy spearheaded by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to foster cooperative ties between Italy and African nations. Named after Enrico Mattei, the founder of the Italian energy company Eni, the plan emphasizes energy collaboration, investments in agriculture, health, and…
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