Most vulnerable nations call on FAO to develop strategy and action plan to transform agrifood systems

30 june 2025 - 11:35:17 AR

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Small Developing States (SIDS), Least Developing Countries (LDCs) and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCS) have adopted a ministerial statement which calls on [...] Full text...

Investments in aquaculture could create more than 20 million jobs by 2050

24 june 2025 - 08:03:07 AR

Entebbe, Uganda (PANA) – Aquaculture could generate as many as 22 million jobs by 2050, according to a new report that foresees a $1.5 trillion [...] Full text...

Africa's industrialisation through agricultural revolution shows mixed signals, says AU Commissioner

24 june 2025 - 07:55:46 AO

Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – The industrialisation of Africa, through an agricultural revolution, premised on increased investment in agricultural productivity, has shown mixed signals decades later, [...] Full text...

IFAD invested more than $3 billion in new projects in three years

19 june 2025 - 13:07:27 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) invested $3.3 billion in new projects at the end of its three-year funding cycle, [...] Full text...

Improved local production of maize in Zimbabwe expected to up human consumption by 6 percent in 2025/26

18 june 2025 - 11:54:06 AR

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Following the challenging maize crop in the 2024/25 marketing year due to severe drought conditions, Zimbabwe's maize production is projected to [...] Full text...

Outlook for food trade ‘relatively optimistic’, FAO says

15 june 2025 - 05:31:51 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has released their annual Food Outlook report which provides a “relatively optimistic” look at [...] Full text...

Gaza war leaves less than 5% of agricultural land usable, says FAO

27 may 2025 - 13:00:25 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Less than 5 percent of Gaza's agricultural land is now cultivable and/or accessible, further exacerbating the risk of famine in the [...] Full text...

Tanzanian farmers clear more land to expand coffee plantations

26 may 2025 - 12:59:22 AR

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania's coffee sector is poised for expansion, with cultivated areas projected to grow from 265,000 hectares (HA) in marketing [...] Full text...

South African minister hails latest export of avacados to China

15 may 2025 - 06:58:07 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen on Wednesday conveyed his deep satisfaction with the country's avocado industry's active pursuit [...] Full text...

Plant pests continue to threaten global food supplies

13 may 2025 - 07:13:21 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Protecting crops from pests is key to ensuring everyone has enough to eat, said the head of the UN Food and [...] Full text...

Favourable weather fuels desert locust surge in North Africa - FAO

30 april 2025 - 07:03:57 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Unusually high levels of desert locust infestations have been reported during the current breeding season, raising alarms across affected regions, [...] Full text...

Egypt to market less cotton this year to decreased harvest

03 april 2025 - 11:36:33 AR

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt’s cotton production in 2025/26 marketing year is estimated at 320,000 bales, down 25 percent from the previous season due to [...] Full text...

Reshaping the agriculture and food sector for healthier diets: World Bank Blog by Natasha Hayward, Felipe F. Dizon, Elizabeth Ludwig-Borycz, and Dwi Sari Puspaningtyas

28 march 2025 - 12:15:51 AR

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - While hunger is making headlines, malnutrition continues to silently affect millions worldwide, undermining their physical and mental capacities and constraining their [...] Full text...

Illegal fishing causes losses of over US$2 billion a year in West Africa

19 march 2025 - 11:32:41 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Illegal fishing in West Africa causes a loss of more than US$2 billion a year, Abdel Fatau Musah, ECOWAS Commissioner [...] Full text...

Foot and mouth disease outbreaks have not hindered South Africa’s beef exports

18 march 2025 - 11:48:24 AR

Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak that has impacted South Africa since 2021 continues to spread in some parts [...] Full text...

FAO warns of ‘unprecedented’ avian flu spread, in call for global action

18 march 2025 - 05:22:19 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - The rapid spread of the highly infectious avian flu virus H5N1 has reached an “unprecedented” scale, wiping out hundreds of millions [...] Full text...

UN expert warns of impact of overfishing on marine ecosystems

15 march 2025 - 08:01:59 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Overfishing has serious repercussions for marine ecosystems, coastal populations and the global climate, an independent UN expert said Friday.Presenting her report [...] Full text...

Is Artificial Intelligence the future of farming? Exploring opportunities and challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: World Bank Blog By Chakib Jenane, Regional Director for Sustainable Development, West and Central Africa, World Bank

13 march 2025 - 07:33:43 AR

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Across Sub-Saharan Africa, a quiet revolution is underway. Smallholder farmers are increasingly leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI), once a futuristic [...] Full text...

Halal product market and consumers set to grow in West Africa

05 march 2025 - 11:57:18 AR

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - While the African halal market is estimated at over $150 billion. In the Coastal West Africa Region, Côte d'Ivoire's halal [...] Full text...

New report forecasts better prospects for South Africa’s dairy industry

01 march 2025 - 11:55:25 AR

Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s dairy industry is likely to grow in the future due to improving economic factors, despite suffering from many [...] Full text...

Improved quality control kick-starts Kenya’s avocado output in 2025

15 february 2025 - 13:16:50 AR

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s avocado production is expected to rebound by four percent in 2025, reaching 585,000 metric tons, supported by an increase in [...] Full text...

Agricultural value chains, a major potential for Africa's development.

14 february 2025 - 17:06:36 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Agricultural value chains hold great potential for the development of the African continent, according to the organizers of the eighth Africa [...] Full text...

Livestock at the heart of the eighth African business forum

14 february 2025 - 16:57:27 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Livestock development will be the focus of the eighth Africa Business Forum, which opens on Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Under the [...] Full text...

Reinforcing pastoralism in the Sahel and West Africa: a decade of progress and the path forward: World Bank Blog By Chakib Jenane, Boutheina Guermazi and Olivier Buyoya

14 february 2025 - 11:26:35 AR

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Pastoralism has long been a hallmark of the cultural, social, and economic landscapes of the Sahel and West Africa, sustaining the [...] Full text...

South Africa resumes apple exports to Thailand

13 february 2025 - 07:40:30 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has announced that the country has regained market access for fresh apples to [...] Full text...

2024 financing report: Critical gaps exposed in food crisis funding

08 january 2025 - 05:06:02 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - The 2024 Financing Flows and Food Crises report from the Global Network Against Food Crises – which includes the UN Food [...] Full text...

Can Angola, the second largest oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, transform itself from a food insecure country to a regional food hub? World Bank Blog By Izabela Leao and Nelson Eduardo

21 december 2024 - 11:22:40 AR

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Walking around Luanda, the capital of Angola, it's easy to marvel at the large, modern buildings, but also to wonder why [...] Full text...

Paper and wood see 12 per cent fall in demand because of digital media

11 december 2024 - 04:50:42 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global trade in wood and paper products has dropped steeply due to the rise of digital media, the UN Food and [...] Full text...

EU Council approves farmer-focused common agricultural policy:

09 december 2024 - 12:49:30 AR

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Monday unanimously approved a set of conclusions on a farmer-focused post-2027 common agricultural policy (CAP), towards a [...] Full text...

Unlocking the development potential of economic corridors: Lobito Corridor and its impact on local communities: World Bank Blog By Juan Carlos, Alvarez Mila Malavoloneque and Sunita Varada

02 december 2024 - 08:54:23 AR

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - A multi-sectoral team from the World Bank was on tracks of the Benguela railway and visited the Lobito Corridor. Development does [...] Full text...

AfDB approves €24 million loan to Côte d'Ivoire to improve fisheries and aquaculture sectors

10 november 2024 - 13:14:34 MA

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a loan of €24.63 million to Côte [...] Full text...

Unhealthy eating drives $8 trillion in annual hidden costs

08 november 2024 - 13:07:17 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Most of the hidden costs of agrifood systems worldwide stem from health impacts linked to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart [...] Full text...

US, Zambia sign agreement to catalyse growth in agricultural sector

21 october 2024 - 06:01:30 MA

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the signing of $491 million project with the Government of Zambia to deliver sustainable and [...] Full text...

South Africa market opens for United States soybeans

09 october 2024 - 09:42:13 AR

Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Soybeans from the United States are once again eligible to enter South Africa following a sharp drop in local soybean [...] Full text...

Italy donates agricultural machinery to municipalities in southern Libya

07 october 2024 - 16:11:19 MTA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The southern Libyan municipalities of Sebha, Morzouk and Oubari have received modern agricultural equipment designed to support and strengthen their agricultural [...] Full text...

In plain view: Solutions to turbocharge the agrifood system transition: World Bank Blog By Sergiy Zorya, Joshua Gill, Alexandra Horst and Francis Addeah Darko

07 october 2024 - 07:17:30 AR

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Momentum is growing for real food systems change at a scale never seen before. Last year at the UN [...] Full text...

Expensive farm inputs, insecurity in producing regions, high transport costs impact grain yields in Nigeria

04 october 2024 - 08:26:34 AR

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Imports of wheat, rice, and maize marketing in year 2024/25 are estimated to increase as the Nigerian economy stabilises, inflation decreases, [...] Full text...

South African Minister hails export of avocados to Japan

28 august 2024 - 08:23:45 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Ronald Lamola, is attending the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) Ministerial Meeting [...] Full text...

Egypt’s cane sugar production drops

23 august 2024 - 07:14:37 AR

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt’s sugar production in marketing year 2024/25 (October to September) is forecast to reach 2.6 million metric tons, down 110,000 tons [...] Full text...

US Department of Agriculture announces trade mission to Morocco

15 august 2024 - 07:33:49 AR

Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor will lead an agribusiness [...] Full text...

South Africa sets wheat import duties while local wheat area drops

14 august 2024 - 12:32:35 AR

Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Falling global wheat prices triggered, in July 2024, a wheat import duty of Rand 176.30 (US$ 9.70) per metric ton [...] Full text...

Global food price index broadly unchanged in July

03 august 2024 - 07:16:25 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food commodity benchmarks remained largely unchanged in July, with rises in vegetable oils, meat and sugar offsetting decreases in cereals, [...] Full text...

Strong regional demand to drive South Africa’s maize exports to neighbours

26 july 2024 - 11:18:26 AR

Pretoria, South Africa (PANA)   South Africa’s maize area is forecast to expand in marketing year 2024/25 after an 18 percent drop in the maize crop [...] Full text...

Forests face increasing risk of wildfires and pests due to climate change

23 july 2024 - 07:29:02 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - The world’s forests are becoming increasingly susceptible to wildfires and pests due to climate change, according to a new report by [...] Full text...

Mozambican farmers get $2 million fertilizer financing boost

19 july 2024 - 06:27:16 VAO

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - With the planting season fast approaching, Mozambican farmers are busy preparing their fields. Fertilizer is crucial for a successful harvest, and many [...] Full text...

AfDB grants DRC $260 million loan to strengthen agricultural sector

19 july 2024 - 05:47:57 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of $260.4 million to the DR [...] Full text...

Preventing deforestation while leveraging trade for development: World Bank Blog By Chris Wellisz

18 july 2024 - 08:13:19 AR

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Developing countries must contend with a plethora of trade-related regulations as well as voluntary standards to meet market demands [...] Full text...

AfDB chief warns Nigeria’s food import policy could destroy its agriculture

13 july 2024 - 18:42:57 VAO

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has said the decision by the Nigerian government to [...] Full text...

New report warns of climate’s effects on fish biomass 

11 july 2024 - 06:13:29 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - A new report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warns that climate change could seriously impact fish stocks in [...] Full text...

Empowering small emerging commercial farmers: Mozambique success story – World Bank Blog By Blessings Botha

01 july 2024 - 08:58:56 AR

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Having seen so many smallholder farmers trapped in low agricultural productivity in Mozambique, I had always wondered what models could help [...] Full text...