Category: Agriculture
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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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Nigeria’s President Tinubu creates Ministry of Livestock Development to end longstanding herder-farmer clashes
The move, announced at the inauguration of the Presidential Committee on Livestock Reforms on Tuesday, reflects Tinubu’s belief that a dedicated ministry can address this pressing issue and unlock the potential of livestock to drive economic growth in the West African country. “Who says the solution is far? I say, ‘No, the solution is here’.…
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Republic of Congo hosts African Reforestation Summit
The conference is part of an “African and global decade of afforestation and reforestation” launched by Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso at COP27 in Egypt in 2023, the AFP reported. 💬 “This conference seems to be the beginning of a process of research and a life-saving response. The situation we already know [climate change] remains…
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Liberia: Salala Rubber Corporation Shutdown After Violent Protest, Leading to Over 800 Job Losses
Weala, Margibi County—In a significant blow to the local economy, the management of the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) has announced the immediate indefinite closure of its operations following a violent protest on the premises of the company in Weala, Margibi County. The decision has resulted in the loss of over 800 jobs, impacting numerous families…
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Eight tons of tangerines thrown away by Argentine farmers
The reason is low demand as the country suffers another economic crisis. If you’re wondering “why not sell them abroad?” or “why not give them to the poor for free?” — ask the country’s president Javier Milei, he has some ideas about economics.
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Plants from Ethiopia could help combat cancer, a study shows
“There are many medicinal plants that have been used by the traditional healers for centuries,” said Paulos Yohannes, a chemistry professor and serves as associate dean for STEM/research at Georgia State University’s Perimeter College. “At this moment, preliminary studies have shown that we are working with plant extracts that exhibit anticancer activities.” The research is…
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