CropLife Ghana and partners plan to combat fake pesticides

CropLife Ghana is working with CropLife Africa Middle East (CLAME) to develop short, medium, and long term plans that will serve as a guide in the battle against pesticide forgery. The plan would encourage public-private partnerships and forge connections to build a...

Nigeria: Trade Can Address Food Crisis – WTO

The World Trade Organization has highlighted the importance of trade in fighting food crisis across Africa and Middle East. The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, emphasized the important role trade has to play in helping...

SA lab gets rights to fungus-resistant banana

A South African tissue culture lab has procured the exclusive rights to distribute a banana variety that offers moderate resistance against banana wilt, a soil-borne fungus that has wreaked havoc on bananas in southeast and South Asia, the Middle East and parts of...