The global cocoa market more resilient than expected
The black scenario that predicted a collapse in global cocoa demand in 2025, due to the high prices recorded last year, will not happen. At least, not yet... Ac... Lire la suite...
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Norway announces the discovery of a 70 billion tonne phosphate deposit
Norwegian mining company Norge Mining has announced that it has discovered a colossal deposit of phosphate rock in southwestern Norway. The scale of this deposi... Lire la suite...
The reasons for the unproductivity of African agriculture
The American columnist Peter Coy published an analysis in the New York Times that sums up the inadequacies of sub-Saharan agriculture. Here is the substance. Af... Lire la suite...
U.S. agriculture enters recession
U.S. farmers are facing a recession marked by declining incomes due to falling crop prices and rising costs. A multibillion-dollar bailout is underway to suppor... Lire la suite...
The Dakar Declaration on the Irrigation of Sahelian Lands
With 90% rain-fed agriculture, the Sahel countries are particularly exposed to the damage of drought. To improve their food sovereignty, these countries are acc... Lire la suite...
Sub-Saharan Africa, the world’s largest importer of rice
Sub-Saharan Africa's rice imports could reach a record high in the 2024-2025 season. According to the monthly report of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA),... Lire la suite...
Post-Malabo Policies Threaten Africa’s Smallholder Farmers
A worrying new report reveals that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will further marginalize smallholder farmers, who produce more than 80% of t... Lire la suite...
Climate change disrupts biodiversity and redistributes species
Temperature variations due to climate change accelerate changes in biodiversity, making ecosystems more vulnerable. An international study, published in Nature ... Lire la suite...
China turns away from US soybeans to Brazil
Trade wars and tariff threats disrupt businesses and increase price volatility. China recently bought a large amount of Brazilian soybeans due to the trade war ... Lire la suite...
Saudi Arabia’s phosphate ambitions
With 35 times fewer phosphate reserves than Morocco, Saudi Arabia aims to play a growing role in the global fertilizer industry, Since the price and supply shoc... Lire la suite...
Brazil penetrates the Amazon rainforest on Wall Street
A bold plan from Brazil aims to link the preservation of tropical forests to the performance of global financial markets. The country plans to launch at the COP... Lire la suite...
Tariff war threatens to fracture the food trade world,
The tariffs on agricultural products are justified by Trump by the extent of the
The United States' agricultural trade deficit. Coffee and chocolate producers,... Lire la suite...
Sustainable cocoa production through grafting
Grafting can increase cocoa yields while avoiding the expansion of agricultural production areas into tropical forests. This technique consists of grafting prod... Lire la suite...
The African Union is looking into the establishment of appropriate financing
Nine African countries have been working on improving access to financial services for small-scale agricultural and processing businesses through German coopera... Lire la suite...
A “carbon butter” made without animal and vegetable fats and without microbes
The race is on to find more sustainable and functional or healthy alternatives to animal or tropical fats (coconut, palm, cocoa). Does this new generation of "s... Lire la suite...
Opinion: Africa can feed the world
In an interview with Le Figaro on March 21, Congolese entrepreneur and farmer George Arthur Forrest said that Africa, with its fertile land, abundant labor for... Lire la suite...
African agriculture in need of productivity
Food production in sub-Saharan Africa has increased six-fold since 1961, but this increase is due to a massive increase in inputs and inputs (fertilizers, land,... Lire la suite...
School meals to the rescue of regenerative agriculture
School meal programs feeding 418 million children have created about 4 million direct jobs worldwide. They also require massive amounts of food, promoting susta... Lire la suite...
For American farmers, the mass deportation of illegal migrants would be a disaster.
Florida farmers are warning the U.S. government of the consequences of Donald Trump's planned mass deportations, pointing out that the deportation of undocument... Lire la suite...
International mobilization to make rice more resilient
Scientists are working to make rice more resilient to the impacts of climate change, including heat and drought. An international collaboration involving resear... Lire la suite...
Europe wants to break free from dependence on Russian chemical fertilisers
Europe is seeking to replace imported Russian chemical fertilisers with by-products from local manure to reduce Moscow's revenues, promote a circular economy, r... Lire la suite...
Morocco, champion of greenhouse horticulture
North Africa is one of the regions in the world that will offer the most investment opportunities in commercial greenhouses in 2025. This is what a survey publi... Lire la suite...
Russian agri-food exports to Africa up 19%
North Africa remains the main importing region for Russian agri-food products, but more and more sub-Saharan African countries are increasing their supplies to ... Lire la suite...
The boosted breeding revolution
"Boosted breeding" is an innovative plant reproduction technology developed by the American company Ohalo . Brought out of the shadows last year thanks to $100... Lire la suite...
Worrying global rise in obesity
A study published in The Lancet warns of the continued rise of obesity and overweight worldwide. If no action is taken, about 60% of adults and a third of child... Lire la suite...
U.S. Farmers’ Groups Warn Trump Against Taking Unscientific Measures
About 300 groups representing the food and agriculture sectors have urged the Trump administration, via a letter to officials like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secret... Lire la suite...
Africa has the world’s largest increase in land devoted to organic farming
The African continent is the region in the world with the highest growth in areas devoted to organic farming, with 24.4% more in 2023 compared to a global avera... Lire la suite...
Record drop in global sugar supply
The world sugar market could record a deficit of 4.8 million tonnes in 2024/2025, compared to a surplus of 1.3 million tonnes in the previous season. This was a... Lire la suite...
European agriculture seeks a way out of the US tariff offensive
European food exporters are bracing for a potential impact of tariffs imposed by Donald Trump, which are aimed at favouring US agricultural producers. European ... Lire la suite...
North Africa is the second most attractive area in the world for greenhouses
North Africa is one of the regions in the world that will offer the most investment opportunities in commercial greenhouses in 2025. This is what the results of... Lire la suite...
The global cocoa market will be in surplus in 2024/2025
The global cocoa market, marked by three years of deficit, could experience a surplus of 142,000 tons in the 2024/2025 season, according to the International Co... Lire la suite...
China seeks response to rising US tariffs
China enters the National People's Congress meeting with an economy that is showing signs of recovery, thanks in part to advances in artificial intelligence and... Lire la suite...
Regenerative forestry improves carbon sequestration
Regenerative forestry, including Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF), can sequester 20% more carbon than clear-cut forestry over a 20-year period, generating potent... Lire la suite...
Measuring the diversification of food consumption in Africa
Diversity in local and regional food production is positively associated with household dietary diversity in rural Africa. On average, farms produce 5.5 differe... Lire la suite...
Climate change affects cocoa farming in West Africa
Climate Central, an independent research group on climate change, published a report in April on the effects of climate change on cocoa cultivation in West Afr... Lire la suite...
Soil fertility in West Africa, a crucial issue
Soil fertility in West Africa is a crucial issue for agricultural productivity and food security in the region. Challenges related to soil fertility management ... Lire la suite...
Europe takes further action to protect its farmers
Europe is seeking to better protect its farmers from foreign competition to ensure food security in the face of geopolitical tensions and extreme weather events... Lire la suite...
World Economic Forum Global Risk Report 2025
The World Economic Forum has just published the Global Risks 2025 which warns of the risks that threaten the planet in the long term, such as extreme weather ev... Lire la suite...
Morocco, first guest of the SIA in Paris
The International Agricultural Show takes place in Paris from February 22 to March 2, 2025, with agricultural pride as its central theme. This event will bring ... Lire la suite...
Bioeconomy, biodiversity and soil quality
The concept of bioeconomy encompasses the production and processing of biomass, whether of plant, animal or microbial origin for food, industrial or energy purp... Lire la suite...
Africa struggles to reduce its dependence on rice imports
Africa is struggling to reduce its costly dependence on rice imports. A group of West African countries has drawn up a $20 billion plan to improve rice producti... Lire la suite...
Egg prices skyrocket to $7 a dozen in the U.S.
High egg prices in the U.S. due to shortages are driving demand for vegan substitutes like Just Egg, made from mung beans and canola oil. Companies are increasi... Lire la suite...
European Commission plans to halt imports of Russian nitrogen fertilisers
The European Commission is proposing to impose high tariffs on nitrogen fertilisers and some agricultural products from Russia and Belarus to reduce EU dependen... Lire la suite...
Trump’s tariff threats will severely impact fertilizer imports
The Trump administration has announced tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, aimed at curbing illegal immigration and drug trafficking. These tariff... Lire la suite...
Trump administration maintains food aid program for poor countries
The U.S. will continue to buy agricultural products to supply some of the poorest countries receiving U.S. aid, the Department of Agriculture announced. Purchas... Lire la suite...
Fivefold increase in African aquaculture production in two years
Although overfishing depletes fish stocks in Africa's coastal fisheries, aquaculture has the potential to meet future demand if governments mobilize more invest... Lire la suite...
Financial downturn for agri-food trading giants
Global trade in agricultural products is dominated by large multinationals that have financial resources and logistics, storage, transport and processing infras... Lire la suite...
Africa, the third largest region in the world for agri-food GHG emissions
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with agri-food systems in Africa increased by 40% to 2.9 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) between 2000 and 2022. This is... Lire la suite...
The Kampala Agenda aims to revolutionise African agriculture
Meeting in an Extraordinary General Assembly from 9 to 11 January in Kampala, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) adopted an agenda enti... Lire la suite...
European Supermarkets Promote Sustainable Vegetarian Foods
Sustainable food products, such as sweet kelp beer and bread made from regenerative wheat, are being highlighted as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Big... Lire la suite...
China Deepens Agricultural Ties with Brazil
China is strengthening its ties with Brazil, a major agricultural player, through Cofco International Ltd—one of Asia’s largest agribusiness companies—which wil... Lire la suite...
Brussels Wants to Halt the Import of Russian Nitrogen Fertilizers
On January 29, 2025, the European Commission proposed imposing prohibitive tariffs on certain Russian and Belarusian nitrogen fertilizers. This initiative aims ... Lire la suite...
The Insect Meal Sector in Trouble
The insect farming sector is facing significant financial challenges, with Ÿnsect and Agronutris, two French pioneers, exploring options to overcome their econo... Lire la suite...
Eradicating Hunger: A Call from 150 Nobel Laureates
A group of over 150 Nobel Prize laureates and World Food Prize recipients recently issued an urgent call for the development of revolutionary technologies to co... Lire la suite...
Greenpeace’s Legal Victory in the Netherlands Over Nitrogen Pollution
The Dutch judiciary has ordered the government to strengthen its efforts to reduce nitrogen pollution, threatening a €10 million fine following a legal complain... Lire la suite...
American Shift in Favor of Biofuels
Brooke Rollins, chosen by Donald Trump for the position of Secretary of Agriculture, has pledged to support all energy sources, including biofuels, despite her ... Lire la suite...
Severe droughts spread around the world
Extreme weather, such as megadroughts, are worsening around the world due to climate change. These droughts, which last for several years, disrupt ecosystems, c... Lire la suite...
In the United States, green manures are a matter of profitability
The global fertilizer industry has long devoted a lot of energy and resources to developing low-carbon fertilizers. The success of these green manures depends, ... Lire la suite...
The Cost of Deportations of Foreign Agricultural Workers to the United States
The election of Donald Trump and his promises of mass deportation of illegal migrants are raising concerns among American farmers, who depend on migrant labor. ... Lire la suite...
The soybean market plunged into uncertainty
China is the engine of global soybean demand. The country, which depends on the international market for more than 80% of its consumption needs, could experienc... Lire la suite...
Cotton prices continue to plummet
The year 2024 has seen contrasting dynamics in the world of commodities. While some have performed exceptionally well, others have had another year of decline.
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Increase African Agri-food Production by 45%
The African Union held an extraordinary summit on the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) from January 9 to 11, 2025, in Kampala, Uga... Lire la suite...
Devastating food crisis in Sudan
The severe food crisis in Sudan is exacerbated by armed conflict and extreme weather conditions. Millions of people are at risk of famine, with alarming forecas... Lire la suite...
Widespread decline in food prices in December
In December, global food prices saw a significant decline, according to the United Nations report. In the same month, the FAO food price index fell by 1.9% comp... Lire la suite...
La Nina rises in the Pacific, causing climate change
In general, La Niña tends to develop during colder, wetter winters in some areas, such as the northern United States. In other regions, such as Australia, it ca... Lire la suite...
The revolutionary potential of agricultural machinery and robots
Driverless agricultural machinery and robots represent a major breakthrough in modern agriculture. These technologies aim to improve the efficiency and sustaina... Lire la suite...
Trump’s Reelection Throws American Farmers into Uncertainty
While the outlook for the U.S. economy in 2025 is generally robust, the same cannot be said for agriculture. According to CoBank, the political uncertainties st... Lire la suite...
STATE OF THE GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL MARKET IN 2024
Global trade in agriculture and food products increased fivefold from 2020 to 2022, from $400 billion to $1.9 trillion. Expressed in energy value, it has increa... Lire la suite...
The surprising discoveries of plant bioacoustics
The butterflies' astonishing ability to hear the sounds of distressed plants has not finished intriguing researchers. It is an example of the interconnectedness... Lire la suite...
Moroccan start-up Yola Fresh wants to improve Africa’s food ecosystem while meeting the climate challenge
The climate emergency is becoming the first subject of concern for African startups. Those dedicated to climate research benefited from 40% of ag tech fundraisi... Lire la suite...
WHEN MULTINATIONALS COMMIT TO BIODIVERSITY
Three multinationals with activities as varied as Gucci, a subsidiary of Kering, the pharmaceutical company GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) and the building materials man... Lire la suite...
Will the “vaccination” of plants mean the end of pesticides?
Induced resistance, a kind of "vaccination" of plants, is a promising approach that allows them to protect against pests without the use of pesticides. It consi... Lire la suite...
NOTHING SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO STOP DEFORESTATION
Three years ago – in 2021 at the United Nations climate summit, Cop26 – 140 countries committed to ending deforestation by 2030. However, the latter has increas... Lire la suite...
When AI reduces the use of herbicides
The hopes of many governments and farmers rest on the progress of new technologies applied to agriculture. New tools – sensors, drones, satellites, robots, etc.... Lire la suite...
Australian Viticulture: Climate Challenges and Strategies for a Sustainable Future
With more than 65 wine regions and spread over an area of more than 146000 hectares, viticulture in Australia is a major sector for the country. Australia is am... Lire la suite...
Abundant cereal harvests are causing prices to fall.
Abundant grain harvests around the world are driving prices down. According to the US Department of Agriculture, wheat harvests for the 2024-2025 campaign are e... Lire la suite...
FOOD POLYCRISIS: AN APOCALYPTIC VISION OF AGRICULTURE
The term "food polycrisis," introduced by American economist Chris Barrett, is spreading and sparking debate in global agricultural circles. It challenges the o... Lire la suite...
The Nine Most Innovative AgTech Companies in 2024
Innovation in agriculture today is inspired by two not always easily reconcilable goals: increasing productivity and reducing the environmental impact of agricu... Lire la suite...
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033
The OECD and FAO published their twentieth report, **OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033**, this July. This study provides a perspective on the evolution of... Lire la suite...
The Bacterial Battery Revolution
A new startup, Bactery, based at the University of Bath in the UK, has created a self-recharging battery when placed in soil. Bacterial batteries, or bio-batter... Lire la suite...
Qatar to Produce Wheat in Algeria
Qatar has obtained a concession of 117,000 hectares in the Adrar Wilaya of Algeria to cultivate durum wheat. This decision by the Algerian authorities is part o... Lire la suite...
Decline in Russian Wheat Exports
In 2024/2025, Russia is expected to export 46.1 million tons of wheat compared to an estimated 52.2 million tons a year earlier. This information was reported o... Lire la suite...
AFRICA MOBILIZES AGAINST SOIL DEGRADATION
Soil degradation in Africa jeopardizes its food security and the sustainability of its development. The continent has lost fifty million hectares of fertile lan... Lire la suite...
Plant Fluorescence Measurement by Genetic Transformation
Understanding and identifying plant stress is essential to preserve their health and ensure their proper development. Fluorescence, a luminous phenomenon emitte... Lire la suite...
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El Niño wreaks mayhem : Severe Drought Cripples Corn Production in Southern Africa
A severe drought, intensified by El Niño, is wreaking havoc across southern Africa, particularly impacting Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. These nations have exper... Lire la suite...
Dangerous Scarcity of Arable Land
Land is the essential element of food security. However, a series of converging factors are leading to a scarcity of agricultural lands worldwide. The causes in... Lire la suite...
Development of African Aquaculture to Meet Protein Demand
Animal proteins are essential nutrients for the human body. They play a crucial role in growth, tissue repair, immune system function, and energy production. Th... Lire la suite...
A Third of Global Food Production is Wasted
Food waste is an environmental, economic, and social scourge. One third of the food produced and intended for human consumption, approximately 1.3 billion ton... Lire la suite...
Impact of the Water Crisis on Agriculture in North Africa
The water crisis in North Africa poses a major challenge to the region, threatening its food security and economic stability. Several measures are necessary to ... Lire la suite...
Agritourism in Africa, an Alternative Income Source for Rural Communities
Agritourism is a type of tourism where visitors explore farms, engage in agricultural activities, and procure local products directly from farmers. This allows ... Lire la suite...
Sustainable Agricultural Development in the Fight Against Rural Poverty in West Africa
In West Africa, sustainable agricultural development initiatives aim to strengthen the resilience of rural communities by providing training in environmentally ... Lire la suite...
Challenges and Opportunities of a Transition to Organic Agriculture in Africa
The transition to organic agriculture in Africa offers market opportunities and environmental sustainability but faces challenges such as high initial costs, ce... Lire la suite...
The Use of Precision Agriculture in Africa Could Increase Yields and Sustainability
To optimize crop management in Africa, precision agriculture is a technique that uses innovative technologies such as sensors, GPS, and geographic information s... Lire la suite...
Agricultural Innovations in Arid Regions of Africa to Combat Desertification
Facing the growing threat of desertification, farmers in the arid regions of Africa are adopting innovations such as agroforestry, water conservation, and soil ... Lire la suite...
The Impact of Climate Change on Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Climate change exacerbates existing challenges in food security in Sub-Saharan Africa, threatening agricultural production and the availability of food supplies... Lire la suite...
New Strategies for Methane Emission Reduction and Monitoring
Methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide, is now responsible for a significant part of the global temperature surge. While it receives less med... Lire la suite...
Canada funds $7.3 million for fertilizer purchase in Africa
The African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism has received a $7.3 million funding from Canada to enhance agricultural productivity in Africa, focusing on fertilize... Lire la suite...
The camelina, future fuel for airplanes
Camelina, an oilseed plant, is being considered as a biofuel for air transportation by the Avril group. The group must obtain authorization from Brussels to dev... Lire la suite...
Famine threatens 55 million people in West Africa
In Central and West Africa, approximately 55 million people could face hunger during the lean season extending from June to August. This was revealed by the foo... Lire la suite...
The African animal feed industry recorded the second highest global growth rate in 2023
In 2023, African animal feed production reached 51.42 million tons, according to the latest "Agri-Food Outlook" report by the American company Alltech. This lev... Lire la suite...
