06/03/2024 SOURCE: www.pbs.org
If you’ve shopped for chocolate recently, you may have noticed your favorite items are either smaller or more expensive, or sometimes both. The price of cocoa — the key ingredient in chocolate — is the highest it’s ever been after nearly doubling in the last four months. As Ali Rogin reports, this worldwide shortage has been years in the making.
Hard-hit cocoa harvests in West Africa cause chocolate prices to soar worldwide
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05/31/2024 SOURCE: www.afro.who.int
The World Health Organization (WHO) is building a better future for people everywhere. Health lays the foundation for vibrant and productive communities, stronger economies, safer nations and a better world. Our work touches lives around the world every day – often in invisible ways. As the lead health authority within the United Nations (UN) system, we help ensure the safety of the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink and the medicines and vaccines that treat and protect us. The Organization aims to provide every child, woman and man with the best chance to lead a healthier, longer life.
Switching from tobacco yields benefits for farmers in Malawi | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
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05/30/2024 SOURCE: www.iottechnews.com
Cisco has teamed up with a group of partners to use the IoT to help Tanzanian coffee growers boost yields and operate more sustainably amid the challenges of climate change.
Cisco enhances coffee farming in Tanzania using the IoT
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05/29/2024 SOURCE: www.freshplaza.com
During the 2nd Iran-Africa Summit in Tehran, the formation of a joint Iran-Africa Agriculture and Water Resources Committee was announced. The committee aims to explore avenues for…
Joint Iran-Africa Agriculture and Water Resources Committee announced
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Topics: Water, Food/Nutrition, Ag Africa, Weather, Food Security/Shortage,
Drought and Floods in Southern Africa: WFP Chief Calls for Action
Millions of people are facing hunger due to El Niño-fueled drought and floods in southern Africa, WFP Executive Director McCain warned.
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05/23/2024 SOURCE: planetdefence.substack.com
Against rising cost of inorganic fertilisers farmers are being encouraged to raise domesticate animals in order to access organic manure that improve agro-ecology while reducing pesticide use
GOING ORGANIC - Farmers urged to cut pesticides use to improve agro-ecology
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05/22/2024 SOURCE: phys.org
Sheep and goat breeding plays a vital socioeconomic role in the agricultural sector across Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) and beyond, providing valuable resources such as meat, milk, and ...
Effective data management plays vital role for smallholder sheep and goat breeding programs
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05/21/2024 SOURCE: theconversation.com
Sweet sorghum has multipurpose post-harvest uses. It can produce grains, animal feed and sugary juice, making it unique among crops.
Sweet sorghum is a hardy, nutritious, biofuel crop that offers solutions in drought-hit southern Africa
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05/21/2024 SOURCE: www.weforum.org
Leveraging the African Continent Free Trade Area, also known as AfCFTA, can help improve Africa's agriculture and food production and improve livelihoods.
How free trade can boost sustainable agriculture in Africa
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05/20/2024 SOURCE: www.hortidaily.com
In South Africa, the tomato industry has been facing challenges due to unpredictable weather conditions, which have impacted product demand and led to an increase in prices. Western Cape crop…
Tomato prices soar in South Africa due to erratic weather
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