West Africa
Comprehensive, insightful and in-depth articles and news on agriculture, and developments from around West Africa.
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Ghana Exim Bank to invest US$10 million into yam export
The Ghana Exim Bank (GXIM) has said it will invest US$10 million into the exports of yam. This comes after…
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Cocoa buyers back Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire cocoa premium schemes
Major cocoa buyers have agreed to pay a premium and back a price floor on cocoa sold by Ghana and…
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Senegal gets US$123 million loan for emergency food production
The African Development Bank loaned Senegal US$123 million to implement an emergency agricultural program. The funds will help 850,000 small-scale…
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Global Environment Facility approves funding to support FAO-led projects in Africa and Latin America
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the decision of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)…
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Nestle to pay cocoa farmers cash incentives to fight child labor
Nestle SA will offer cocoa farmers and their families in the Ivory Coast cash incentives that aim to reduce child labor,…
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Farmers expect good start to Africa’s main cocoa crop season
Farmers in top cocoa growers Ivory Coast and Ghana are becoming increasingly confident of a good start to the main-crop…
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Biggest cocoa harvest in decade spurs record debt sales by Ghana
Ghana’s biggest cocoa harvest in a decade is spurring record domestic borrowing by the industry regulator of the world’s no.…
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Ivory Coast lost 47,000 hectares of forest to cocoa production in 2020, environmental group says
Ivory Coast lost 47,000 hectares (116,000 acres) of forest in its cocoa-growing regions in 2020, an environmental group said on…
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