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Farmers work at a cocoa farm in Daloa, Ivory Coast, 3 October 2023. Reuters/Ange Aboa/File Photo

EU will not delay deforestation law, environment chief says on Ivory Coast visitAnge Aboa

WorldFish, Norway collaborate on climate-smart aquaculture tech in Egypt

WorldFish, Norway collaborate on climate-smart aquaculture tech in Egypt

11 Jul 2023

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

By Christopher Oluwakunmi Akinbile 22 Jun 2023

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#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the Future

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21 Nov 2024

Kenyan eco-entrepreneur tackles food waste with sustainable solutions

MultiChoice Kenyan eco-entrepreneur tackles food waste with sustainable solutions

28 Oct 2024

Why over 350 organisations share their news via a Biz Press Office

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19 Aug 2024

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Danone targets 30% cut in methane emissions from fresh milk supply chain by 2030

20 Jan 2023

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Cadbury-maker Mondelez pumps another $600m into cocoa sustainability programme

1 Nov 2022

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Agrarius lists first Shari'ah-compliant sustainability-linked Sukuk on the JSE

28 Oct 2022

Cameroon, Nigeria request to join Ivory-Ghana cocoa initiative

Cameroon, Nigeria request to join Ivory-Ghana cocoa initiative

Ange Aboa 13 Oct 2022

Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference

Farming and fertilisers: How ecological practices can make a difference

Chloe MacLaren 1 Sep 2022

Scientists look to solve ozone threat to Africa's food security

Scientists look to solve ozone threat to Africa's food security

Gloria Dickie 1 Sep 2022

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

Sindy Peters 25 Mar 2022

SA entrepreneur drives sustainable development using African foods

SA entrepreneur drives sustainable development using African foods

Lauren Hartzenberg 10 Dec 2021

Dreamworks Trolls, UN launch campaign for healthier eating and sustainable living

Dreamworks Trolls, UN launch campaign for healthier eating and sustainable living

22 Nov 2021

East Africa agricultural entrepreneurs find fortune in insect feed

East Africa agricultural entrepreneurs find fortune in insect feed

9 Nov 2021

Lessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

Lessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

Andrew Newsham, Toendepi Shonhe and Tsitsi Bvute 26 Oct 2021

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Nestlé's transition towards a regenerative food system speeds up

21 Sep 2021

PepsiCo introduces initiative to drive sustainable transformation strategy

PepsiCo introduces initiative to drive sustainable transformation strategy

20 Sep 2021

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50+ NGOs call on COP26 to acknowledge climate impacts of animal agriculture

27 Aug 2021

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We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

Kamran Mahroof and Sankar Sivarajah 19 Aug 2021

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New Nespresso blend helps revive fragile coffee farming in the DRC

5 Aug 2021

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How palm oil became the world's most hated, most used fat source

Jonathan E. Robins 30 Jul 2021

Moussa Kamara, 47, a baker and a Tolou Keur garden caretaker, prepare to plant a tree at a newly built Tolou Keur garden, which holds plants and trees resistant to hot, dry climates, and are planted with circular beds that allow roots to grow inwards, trapping liquids and bacteria and improving water retention and composting, in Boki Diawe, within the Great Green Wall area in Matam region, Senegal, 12 July 2021. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

Senegalese plant circular gardens in Green Wall defence against desert

Christophe Van Der Perre and Cooper Inveen 29 Jul 2021

Noël N'guessan, winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering's 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

9 Jul 2021

Women drying their beans on a tree plantation owned by Peter Kasenene in Mawojo, central Uganda, 24 June 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Christopher Bendana

Uganda helps farmers grow trees for money in bid to reverse forest loss

Christopher Bendana 9 Jul 2021

Sami reindeer herder Nils Mathis Sara, 60, drives his ATV as he follows a herd of reindeer on the Finnmark Plateau, Norway, June 16, 2018. Source: Reuters/Stoyan Nenov

Climate change threatens age-old indigenous food systems

Fabio Teixeira 25 Jun 2021

Ghana’s Green Revolution has not been as successful as portrayed. ,

Ghana's farmers aren't all seeing the fruits of a Green Revolution

17 Jun 2021

Prof Maryke Labuschagne; Dr Berhanu Ertiro, former PhD student; and Dr Peg Redinbaugh from the United States Department of Agriculture.

How research, collaboration are contributing to food security in Africa

14 Jun 2021

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Feeding Africa from Africa: Smallholder farmers to leverage on AfCFTA

Busani Bafana 14 Jun 2021

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Deforestation is driven by global markets

Ruben Valbuena and Thomas Lovejoy 11 Jun 2021

People walk past a Chanel display window at a shopping district in Singapore on 3 November 2008. Reuters/Jacinta Goh (Singapore)

Luxury fashion label Chanel invests $25m in new climate adaptation fund

Michael Taylor 11 Jun 2021