West Africa
Comprehensive, insightful and in-depth articles and news on agriculture, and developments from around West Africa.
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Ivory Coast considers scrapping 9% VAT on fertilizers to support farmers
Ivory Coast is considering reinstating a full VAT exemption on fertilizers, as authorities look to ease pressure on farmers facing…
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Belarus to ship 3,000 agricultural machines to Ghana in 2026
Belarus plans to ship 3,000 pieces of agricultural machinery to Ghana in 2026, including tractors, implements, seeders and plows. Foreign…
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Olam Agri commissions Ghana’s first state of the art pasta manufacturing facility
Olam Agri has officially commissioned Ghana’s first state-of-the-art pasta manufacturing facility in Accra, ushering in a new chapter for the…
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Ivory Coast slashes farmgate cocoa price by 57%
In Ivory Coast, authorities reduced the cocoa farmgate price by 57% to CFA1,200 (US$2.13) per kilogram for the 2025/2026 mid-crop…
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Nigeria to establish Africa’s largest ginger processing hub
Nigeria is moving to establish a large-scale ginger production and processing hub in Kachia, a local government area in Kaduna…
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AfDB awards US$16.6 million grant to IITA to scale agricultural technologies in Africa
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have signed a US$16.61 million grant…
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New poultry hatchery opens in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
A new poultry hatchery valued at about US$1.2 million has started operations in Tolotama in the Bobo-Dioulasso district. This is…
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FMN partners with French Government for 2026 PIAS
As part of its unwavering commitment to fostering valuable partnerships that will strengthen market penetration for Nigerian-made products, FMN once…
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