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 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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 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, 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 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, including Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF), can sequester 20% more carbon than clear-cut forestry over a 20-year period, generating potent... Lire la suite...
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 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 is a crucial issue for agricultural productivity and food security in the region. Challenges related to soil fertility management ... Lire la suite...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Global trade in agricultural products is dominated by large multinationals that have financial resources and logistics, storage, transport and processing infras... Lire la suite...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 farming sector is facing significant financial challenges, with Ÿnsect and Agronutris, two French pioneers, exploring options to overcome their econo... Lire la suite...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
Driverless agricultural machinery and robots represent a major breakthrough in modern agriculture. These technologies aim to improve the efficiency and sustaina... Lire la suite...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
Understanding and identifying plant stress is essential to preserve their health and ensure their proper development. Fluorescence, a luminous phenomenon emitte... Lire la suite...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
In West Africa, sustainable agricultural development initiatives aim to strengthen the resilience of rural communities by providing training in environmentally ... Lire la suite...
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...
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...
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...
Climate change exacerbates existing challenges in food security in Sub-Saharan Africa, threatening agricultural production and the availability of food supplies... Lire la suite...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Methane is a greenhouse gas that plays a crucial role in global warming. With a warming potential up to 80 times greater than that of CO2 over 20 years, it pose... Lire la suite...
The propensity of snakes to adapt quickly to changing environments makes them, for some observers, the perfect food source for a climatically unstable world. Sn... Lire la suite...
Agricultural entrepreneurs are using cutting-edge technologies to improve the cultivation of forage maize, combining precision seeding, dose modulation, and agr... Lire la suite...
Europe stands at a crossroads, faced with the challenges posed by climate change and geopolitical crises, in securing its food future while promoting sustainabi... Lire la suite...
A recent study published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports details the use of satellite data and machine learning to map land use diversity following def... Lire la suite...
The RTRP-Seed project (Right Tree, Right Place: Seed Project) aims to harness the quality of native tree seeds in Africa to restore degraded landscapes, preserv... Lire la suite...
Morocco is the third African exporter of avocados after Kenya and South Africa. Sales on the international market are on an upward slope despite climatic hazard... Lire la suite...
For the 2024/2025 season, the global cereal harvest is expected to reach 2.33 billion tons. This is according to the latest outlook from the International Grain... Lire la suite...
Ultra-processed foods can affect not only our bodies but also our brains, potentially leading to changes in our learning, memory, and emotions, and can act as a... Lire la suite...
Researchers from the University of Zurich are soon to succeed in inducing asexual reproduction in cultivated plants (apomixis), allowing for the activation of p... Lire la suite...
The demand for insect protein is poised to skyrocket by the end of the decade, driven largely by pet owners and farmers turning to bug-based feeds for their ani... Lire la suite...
John Deere is unveiling technological advancements focused on 2025, including breakthroughs such as an autonomous combine harvester, a high-powered tractor, and... Lire la suite...
Ukraine is considering a new export route via the Danube to bypass problems on the border with Poland and increase its exports following the conflict.
Key poin... Lire la suite...
A Seattle startup is offering an innovative method for capturing CO2 using sunlight and seawater to reduce the energy footprint, with potential applications in ... Lire la suite...
The number of farms in the United States is declining due to aging producers and increasing costs, with a 6.9% decrease to reach 1.9 million in 2022, according ... Lire la suite...
Across the world, food producers are increasingly frustrated with hits to their livelihoods from higher costs and red tape. In protests from Paris to Delhi, the... Lire la suite...
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