- Feb- 2019 -28 FebruaryNews
U.N. seeks $234 million in aid for drought-hit Zimbabwe
The United Nations on Thursday launched an international appeal for aid for Zimbabwe following a drought that it expects to…
Read More » - 27 FebruaryBusiness
Malawi 2018/19 maize output jumps 27 pct
Malawi’s maize output rose 27 percent to 3.3 million tonnes in the 2018/19 season, helped by abundant rainfall and government…
Read More » - 20 FebruaryBusiness
Zimbabwe to run out of bread in one week as flour stocks dwindle
Zimbabwe could run out of bread in a week after flour stocks dwindled due to the country’s failure to pay…
Read More » - 18 FebruaryOpinion
Hit by wilder weather, Botswana’s farmers seek welfare payments
Maipato Kesebang normally grows maize, jugo beans and sweet reed on her 20-hectare plot of land northwest of Gaborone, Botswana’s…
Read More » - 18 FebruaryBusiness
The coffee farmers betting on blockchain to boost business
On a bustling street near the shiny new international airport in Ethiopia’s capital is a small coffee roastery with big…
Read More » - 11 FebruaryCrops
Ivorian cocoa farmers hope for more rain to boost mid-crop
More downpours are needed to strengthen Ivory Coast’s April-to-September cocoa mid-crop despite above-average rains in most growing regions last week,…
Read More » - Jan- 2019 -24 JanuaryBusiness
Ugandan firm uses blockchain to trace coffee from farms to stores
An Ugandan company has started using blockchain, the technology behind virtual currency Bitcoin, to certify shipments of coffee to try…
Read More » - 17 JanuaryCrops
Many coffee species threatened with extinction, scientists warn
Climate change and deforestation are putting more than half the world’s wild coffee species at risk of extinction, including the…
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