Category: Agriculture
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Liberia contemplates moving capital after disastrous flooding
Severe flooding in Liberia has led a group of senators to propose relocating the capital city away from overcrowded and poorly managed Monrovia, a suggestion met with a mixture of enthusiasm and hesitancy in the West African country. Flash floods triggered by torrential rains between the end of June and early July left some 48,000…
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Zimbabwe Farmers Struggle Against Illegal Mining and Climate Change
Small holder farmers in rural Gwanda, a region in Zimbabwe that borders South Africa, have been affected by a double shock – a combination of heat, droughts and floods caused by climate change, and water contamination and damaged land caused by illegal, small-scale mining. Droughts in Gwanda have significantly affected rural farmers and increased over…
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Belarus redirects tractor exports to Africa: Are African countries interested in Belarusian agricultural machinery?
Belarus, one of the world’s leading tractor manufacturing countries, recently announced plans to redirect its agricultural machinery exports to the African continent after the European Union blocked tractor imports from the Eastern European country on July 1. However, EU restrictions were not the only factor behind the Belarusian government’s decision to shift exports to African…
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Amílcar Cabral (1924-1973)
Amílcar Cabral (1924-1973) was a prominent African revolutionary leader, agronomist, and intellectual who played a crucial role in the struggle for independence in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. Born on September 12, 1924, in Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau, Cabral was educated in Cape Verde and later in Lisbon, Portugal, where he studied agronomy. Cabral’s education and experience as…
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Belarus considers redirecting tractor exports to Africa
“The markets of African countries have been identified as promising; negotiations have already taken place, and everything depends on the outcome,” Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Pyotr Parkhomchik said. The Belarusian authorities are now “actively looking for new markets to redirect export flows.” Since On July 1, Belarusian tractors will no longer be allowed into the…
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Cocoa production in Ghana in 2024 decreased to 55% of the seasonal average.
Catastrophic harvest failures in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have driven up global cocoa prices since early 2024. Both leading producers were hit by adverse weather conditions, tree diseases and labor shortages. Chocolate lovers brace yourselves! Catastrophic harvest failures in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s top cocoa producers, have sent global cocoa prices skyrocketing since…
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Siberian farmers plan to supply grain to Africa
“Last year, we launched this mechanism and are exploring new markets in Latin America. Our Siberian grain is now being sent there on a regular basis. Moreover, we have already started setting up flour production there. And we are not stopping. Africa is next in line. This is alongside our traditional markets, [which are also…
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Sun Fires Off a Major X-Class Solar Flare
Sunspot AR3738 erupted on July 14th (0235 UT), producing an X1.2-class solar flare. So far, no CMEs have been detected in available coronagraph imagery. The explosion might not have lasted long enough to lift a CME out of the sun’s atmosphere. The region became very active the past 24 hours with multiple M-Flares detected leading…
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Lower growth forecast for Zimbabwe as drought ravages crop yields
Zimbabwe has revised its economic growth forecast downwards as southern Africa’s worst drought in decades ravages crop yields, its finance minister told on Wednesday, but a bounceback in growth is likely in 2025.Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said economic growth is forecast at 2% for 2024, down from 3.5% forecast in November, due to an El…
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Low prices, pay delays drive Ghana cocoa farmers to smugglers
Low prices and payment delays are pushing Ghana’s cocoa farmers to sell to increasingly sophisticated smuggling rings, siphoning off production from border areas and raising doubt over next season’s output, growers and officials say. Failure to end the financing logjam and close the gap between Ghana’s official price and the amount paid by traffickers, they…
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