Since 2005 up to 227,000 square kilometers (87,645 square miles), an area nearly the size of Ghana, has been acquired in sub-Saharan Africa for large-scale agricultural and forestry concessions. And ...

As oil palm production expands from Southeast Asia into Central Africa, a new study finds that converting Africa's forests into monoculture plantations could trigger significant carbon emissions ...

A new report by Bread for all, Alliance Sud, and the German Network for Tax Justice has accused Belgian-French multinational Socfin, which operates rubber and palm oil plantations across West Africa, ...

The Minister for Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson has revealed that government is in the final stages of drafting a comprehensive ...

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NEW YORK, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Cocoa plantations in Africa's largest-producing countries, including the world's No. 1 exporter Ivory Coast, are estimated to have greater resilience than usual in the ...

Ghana plans 500,000 jobs via oil palm expansion policy Government seeks IFC, World Bank funding for plantations Agriculture reforms aim to cut food imports, boost jobs Le gouvernement ghanéen prévoit ...

Uganda’s coffee exports surged 59% year-on-year in September, cementing its position as Africa’s top coffee exporter. The ...

COMMON WISDOM #6: Women provide the bulk of labor input in African agriculture, regularly quoted to be 60 to 80%. Two messages emerge. First, the findings question prevailing assertions that ...

But preparing African agriculture for a warmer world will involve investing in things the fast expanding continent needs anyway, such as irrigation, roads, fertiliser and better seeds. Africa’s ...