France is traditionally an important player on the world’s grains market, supplying a range of markets, particularly in the nearby countries of North Africa, with which it has a close trading relationship.
For decades, fertilizer was too expensive for African farmers. It had to be imported, and transportation into the continent was expensive.
At least 26 per cent of our oceans need urgent conservation attention to preserve Earth’s marine biodiversity, a University of Queensland-led international study has found.
Available freshwater is on track to decline sharply across two-thirds of Earth's land surface toward the end of the century mostly due to climate change, with the number of people exposed to extreme drought doubling, researchers have reported.
Coffee exports in Uganda have recorded the highest ever export volumes, according to the Uganda Coffee Development Authority. Latest data from the authority show a steady recovery of the crop as volume exports increased by 43 per cent from 3.557 million bags exported in the 2015/16 Financial Year to 5.103 million bags in 2019/20.
The agriculture industry influences many sectors of the economy locally as well as internationally.
