Indigenous foods such as cowpeas can improve people's nutrition and help them cope with the hunger brought about by the effects of Covid-19 on foreign food imports...
Vegetable oils drive FAO's Food Price Index higher in March while cereal quotations dip...
Easter is the biggest chocolate-buying time of the year. But who's really paying for the cost of that chocolate?
John Dumay and James Guthrie 6 Apr 2021
Aquaculture is a growing source of healthy protein for millions of people around the world, but there are big differences between farming fish on land and at sea.
Ben Belton, Dave Little and Wenbo Zhang 30 Mar 2021
RCL Foods and US plant-based food collective Livekindly Collective have established a local plant-based joint venture, Livekindly Collective Africa...
Large-scale droughts can have cascading impacts on food security. They can reduce yield, increase food prices, trigger changes in consumption and lead to unstable supply...
Friederike Otto and Jasper Verschuur 16 Mar 2021
Best-in-class innovators are presented with an opportunity to be future Nestlé suppliers...
According to a new study, biomass plantations for energy production need sustainable water management in order to avoid a substantial increase in water scarcity.
Indigenous beans could enhance food security in Cabo Verde which depends on food imports...
Anyse Sofia Fernandes Pereira Essoh 11 Mar 2021
Bizcommunity is proud to announce a media partnership with Success by Design in their forthcoming free webinar, titled 'B2B in Africa for Africa', taking place on Wednesday, 24 March 2021 at 12-12.40pm...
Bizcommunity.com 5 Mar 2021
A new annual event examines root and soil health's importance for food security, livelihoods and climate resilience and marks the launch of a community for root and soil health action...
The early estimate for 2021's wheat output is positive but 45 countries are in need of external assistance for food...
EU-banned pesticides could not only threaten wild bees where they eat, but where they sleep too...
Philip Donkersley 3 Mar 2021
Inmed Aquaponics Social Enterprise is among the first to receive capital through Mondelez International's new impact investing platform Sustainable Futures...
How geographical indications can provide economic and financial advantages to a product's place of origin...
Samuel Samiai Andrews 24 Feb 2021
Kenya is battling some of the worst locust plagues in decades, but startup The Bug Picture hopes to transform the pests into profits...
Baz Ratner 23 Feb 2021
Covid-19 restrictions on restaurants and catering have led to supermarkets being the key route to market...
Thando Vilakazi and Namhla Landani 16 Feb 2021
PepsiCo and Beyond Meat have teamed up to form The PLANeT Partnership, a joint venture to develop, produce and market snack and beverage products made from plant-based protein...
Covid-19 is deepening global food insecurity, as the pandemic's economic impact adds to existing challenges...
Jules Siedenburg and John Paul Cauchi 26 Jan 2021
The total number of ASF outbreaks in progress rose from 7,865 to 7,927, with 4,228 outbreaks in Romania alone, and 1,336 in Vietnam. Of the new outbreaks, 74 were reported in Europe and 40 in Asia. The data is included in a biweekly survey released by the OIE...
Zimbabwean garlic farmers have been urged to increase exports riding on the growth of the global market, which has expanded to US$2,48bn from US$500m in the past two decades...
