An African woman with hoe in hand is the default symbol of agriculture in Africa, according to the late Calestous Juma, African academic and former Harvard Kennedy School professor. Mr. Juma used that image to convey the drudgery-filled farming that women on the continent face.

Chocolate can certainly get one some brownie points, and no way is this truer than in Ivory Coastwhich in 2018 reported the largest agricultural trade balance in value terms in Africa, an amount of US$5.1 billion.

 Argentina’s wheat exports for market year 2019-20 are forecast at a record high of 14.5 million tonnes, including flour exports in wheat equivalent, according to an April 25 Global Agricultural Information Network report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Climate change can't be halted if we carry on degrading the soil, a report will say.

n the early 1900s, the American chestnut species was hit by a fungal infection that invaded trees through their cracks and caused big yellow cankers to blossom around their trunks.

Chile has forecast a 3% drop in citrus exports for the 2019 season, with clementines responsible for the biggest decline.