Finlays completes sale of James Finlay Kenya to Sri Lankan’s Browns Investments PLC
Finlays has announced the completion of its sale of Kenyan tea estates business James Finlay Kenya to Sri Lankan conglomerate, Browns Investments PLC.
The sale...
AfDB prioritizes energy, transport, water and agriculture in its country strategy for 2023-2028
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2023-2028 for Malawi on 16 November 2023. The...
Cooking oil prices tamed amid the record 2023 canola harvest
Following a tough 2022 which saw a surge in both domestic and global vegetable oil prices, consumers breathed a sigh of relief in 2023...
Over 200,000 farmers to benefit from IFAD, ADB initiative to boost dryland farming in...
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Indonesia signed a new initiative aimed at transforming dryland farming to make...
Experts and practitioners come together to improve nutrition outcomes in agricultural development in West...
A regional knowledge and experience sharing workshop that addresses nutrition, rural development and food system transformation began today in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Improving food...
EU-funded food fortification reference laboratory launched to aid addition of essential micronutrients in stable...
The Kenya national food fortification reference laboratory has been launched to aid in addition of essential micronutrients in the widely consumed stable foods such...
A renewed uptick in food inflation as fruit and vegetable prices surged in October...
South Africa’s headline inflation quickened more than expectations and edged closer to the upper end of the SARB’s target range of 3% to 6%,...
Strategic cooperation agreement between Tornum and Cesco
Tornum Group, a leading global player in the agricultural industry, and Cesco EPC, an international contractor specialising in large-scale industrial investments in inland and...
Sharp decrease in climate finance going to small-scale farmers – new report shows
Ahead of COP28, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) urges global leaders to shift gears and drastically and urgently scale-up climate finance...
Markets bowled over by the quality of this year’s cherry crop
Cherry season is one of the briefest, but also most exciting times on the South African fruit calendar and it is currently in full...