AfDB grants São Tomé and Príncipe's $21.9 million to boost blue economy, strengthen food security

21 december 2025 - 07:11:03 MA

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group's Board of Directors has approved a $22 million grant to finance the Blue Economy [...] Full text...

South Africa's first Black-owner wine cellar opens

11 december 2025 - 07:22:23 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, this week celebrated a landmark achievement in South Africa’s wine [...] Full text...

Structural deficits blur Kenya’s sugar sector

27 november 2025 - 12:57:47 AR

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s sugar sector continues to face structural deficits, with domestic production covering only about 72 percent of consumption in 2024, according [...] Full text...

Disasters have cost agriculture over $3 trillion in 30 years.

15 november 2025 - 05:22:19 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Behind rising temperatures and a succession of extreme events, entire sectors of global food production are crumbling. A new UN report [...] Full text...

More than 90% of countries are threatened by declining agricultural yields

06 november 2025 - 08:11:25 MA

New York, US (PANA) - More than 90% of the world's countries are expected to experience a decline in food crop yields by the end [...] Full text...

AfDB approves $2.25 million to boost agricultural productivity in Sierra Leone

19 october 2025 - 07:08:20 MA

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - In a move set to boost Sierra Leone’s food security and crop yields, the African Development Bank Group’s Board of [...] Full text...

Turning Tanzania’s farmers into agri- entrepreneurs. A unique international alliance helps smallholder farmers become more sustainable and profitable (By Caitríona Palmer and Birom Seck)

09 october 2025 - 07:36:35 AR

Mwanza, Tanzania (PANA) - It is just past dawn in the village of Kasuguti, Tanzania, and as a golden pink hue creeps across the Serengeti [...] Full text...

More than 1.5 million m3 of water stored in largest dam in western Libya

06 october 2025 - 15:28:54 MA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 1,583 million cubic meters of water represent the volume of water stored as at Sunday at the Wadi Al-Majinin dam, [...] Full text...

New AfDB review highlights inland fisheries as lifeline for millions of Africans

28 september 2025 - 05:55:13 MA

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has released a "Review of African Inland Fisheries," calling for urgent investment in restoring aquatic [...] Full text...

Global food insecurity remains well above 2015 levels

27 september 2025 - 06:14:34 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food insecurity has gradually declined since 2021 but remains well above 2015 levels, a United Nations agency has said, noting [...] Full text...

‘Our livelihoods have been cut off,’ say West Bank farmers ahead of olive harvest (By UN News)

31 august 2025 - 07:35:22 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In the occupied West Bank village of Kufr Qaddum, Yousef (not his real name) stands behind a sealed iron gate, [...] Full text...

How two Ethiopian farmers turned rocky land into a fruitful future: World Bank Blog by Hayalsew Yilma, Senior Irrigation Specialist

26 august 2025 - 14:21:44 AR

Welkite, South Ethiopia (PANA) - If you’ve ever wondered how farmers are adapting to climate and economic challenges in rural Ethiopia, let me introduce you [...] Full text...

Nuclear technology to help fight seafood fraud

14 august 2025 - 05:50:33 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Across the globe, consumers and small-scale fishers alike are facing a growing challenge: seafood fraud.From mislabeled fish to hidden additives, deceptive [...] Full text...

Global food prices rise in July, driven by meat and vegetable oils

10 august 2025 - 08:28:17 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food prices rose 1.6 percent in July, driven mainly by higher meat and vegetable oil prices, the Food and Agriculture [...] Full text...

Culinary diplomacy strengthens US-Ghana commercial ties

04 august 2025 - 11:06:59 AR

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The US Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) is collaborating on the seventh biannual poultry training programme and cooking competition in [...] Full text...

IFAD supports growth of aquaculture in Tanzania

31 july 2025 - 12:07:51 AR

Dodoma, Tanzania (PANA) - Fisheries and aquaculture are a vital source of food for billions of people and play a significant role in many rural [...] Full text...

South Africa's macadamia industry grows despite export uncertainty

31 july 2025 - 11:44:28 AR

Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Yields of macadamia nuts in South Africa, the world’s leading producer and exporter of the crop, will this year decline [...] Full text...

Deputy UN chief urges bold action to transform food systems at global summit in Addis Ababa

30 july 2025 - 07:10:18 MA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Tuesday called on countries to double down on efforts to transform food systems, [...] Full text...

‘Perfect storm’ of global crises drove years of food price surges: FAO

23 july 2025 - 07:44:28 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Máximo Torero Cullen, previewed its annual State of Food Security [...] Full text...

Global demand for meat and dairy set to rise, but climate and nutrition gaps remain

16 july 2025 - 05:23:32 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global demand for meat, dairy and fish is projected to climb steadily over the next decade, driven by rising incomes and [...] Full text...

Libya and Saudi Arabia discuss joint agricultural investment opportunities

13 july 2025 - 15:23:33 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Secretary General of the Libyan Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Mohamed Al-Turki, on Saturday discussed with a Saudi delegation [...] Full text...

‘A spirit of oneness’: Cooperatives cultivating peace in South Sudan

04 july 2025 - 09:42:00 MA

Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Within one year, a maize and sorghum cooperative of 20 members in the Central Equatorial State of South Sudan had [...] Full text...

Landless and locked out: Young farmers struggle for a future

04 july 2025 - 09:20:37 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Agricultural land is more than just a resource to produce food – for many older adults around the world, a land [...] Full text...

Subsidised prices encourage Senegalese farmers to increase peanuts

02 july 2025 - 11:12:26 AR

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal’s subsidised prices for seeds and fertilisers are expected to motivate farmers to plant more peanut and during crop marketing year [...] Full text...

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...