Dairy price retreat 'cause for caution', but not panic

Dairy price

The larger-than-expected retreat in milk prices at GlobalDairyTrade may not signal the start of a downward correction in prices - but it could herald a more cautious phase, Bank of New Zealand said.

Nigeria makes progress in releasing 'untapped potential' in palm oil

palm oil

Pressured by the slide of crude oil prices, Nigeria's government has introduced a slew of reforms targeted towards diversification of the economy, with agriculture being a focus sector.

Reasons to Add Plantains to Your Diet

Plantains

When it comes to fruit, it’s usually easy to decipher exactly which fruit is which simply by sight. It’s literally an exercise in comparing apples to oranges. But that’s not always the case. Take, for instance, plantains. At first glance, it’s just as easy to confuse a plantain with a banana, and for good reason. Not only are plantains a close relative of bananas, but the nutrition of this tropical fruit has many of the same qualities as banana nutrition.

Cocoa turns to coffee sector for answers to demand questions

Cocoa

Can the cocoa industry learn a trick or two from its rival in hot beverages, coffee?

Uttar Pradesh to limit drop in Indian sugar production

sugar production

Indian sugar production will decline – but not by as much as some other commentators believe, US officials said, noting a rise in cane plantings in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

ECOWAS to address clashes between herdsmen, farmers

herdsmen

The commission has deemed the increased number of clashes between farmers and cattle breeders a security concern

Governor gives N247m to 100 trained farmers

Governor Ben Ayade

The coordinator disclosed that the government had approved N85 million to train another set of 600 people in Songhai farm.

Partnership to support scaling up of nutrition in Cote d’Ivoire

Partnership to support scaling up of nutrition in Cote d’Ivoire

“Nutrition is not just a health and social development issue; nutrition is an investment that shapes economic growth for all African nations” – President Akinwumi Adesina in Lusaka, Zambia.

Sudan Executive Director undertakes familiarization mission

African Development Bank’s Executive Director (ED) for Sudan

On Friday, September 23, 2016, the African Development Bank’s Executive Director (ED) for Sudan, Kwabena Boadu Oku-Afari, concluded a three-day familiarization mission to Sudan. ED Oku-Afari represents a constituency of five countries at the Bank, comprising Sudan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana and Gambia. This mission sought to acquaint him with firsthand knowledge of developments in Sudan as well as the state of the Bank’s development operations in the country.

African Export Import Bank : Afreximbank Board Members visit Dangote’s Lagos refinery, fertilizer plants

Afreximbank

Members of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), led by Bank President Dr. Benedict Oramah, today toured the petroleum refinery and fertilizer plant under construction by Dangote Industries Limited in the Lekki Free Trade Zone of Lagos, Nigeria.