West Africa
Comprehensive, insightful and in-depth articles and news on agriculture, and developments from around West Africa.
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AFC arranges over €100 million financing to strengthen food security in Togo
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s infrastructure solutions provider, has arranged a €108.3 million sovereign-backed financing facility for the Government…
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Ghana and Ivory Coast unite to transform cocoa industry
Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world’s two largest cocoa producers, have agreed to deepen cooperation in the cocoa sector, promising…
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Ghana to strengthen cocoa farmers’ rights with a market price guarantee Bill
Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama has announced that a new bill will soon be laid before Parliament to guarantee cocoa…
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Rewriting smallholder finance: How AI is changing the game
Before sunrise, across small plots of land stretching from the temperate rural heartlands of Southern Africa to the tropical landscapes…
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Call for investment to unlock Ghana’s rice industry potential
Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Finance, Thomas Nyarko Ampem has called on investors and development partners to commit long-term capital towards…
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Addressing pesticide resistance across Africa
In parts of West Africa, cotton farmers have started to notice something worrying; products that used to work well against…
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Benin’s major investment in fertilizer aims to strengthen 2026/2027 harvest
Benin has allocated US$56.9 million to subsidize fertilizer purchases for farmers during the 2026/2027 agricultural campaign, the government said after…
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Ghana cocoa product exports jump 90% YoY
Ghana’s export revenues from cocoa products surged 90% year-on-year to US$1.8 billion in 2025, according to the Ghana Export Promotion…
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