Despite an unusually wet spring followed by an unusually cool June, America’s corn farmers planted even more than they did last year.

The 2015 Paris climate agreement seeks to limit global warming to “well below 2°C” above preindustrial levels, while the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommended in 2018 that the increase be capped at 1.5°C.

African governments should enact policies that facilitate adoption of technologies and innovations required to transform small-holder farming, international scientists said.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently flagged a set of climate hazards that debilitated southern Africa. The United Nation agency’s report marked out poor and erratic seasonal rainfall, mid-season dry spells and early cessation of rain, coupled with devastating cyclones.

Sustainability is transcending traditionally scrutinized industries to become a central issue in agribusiness, according to a new report from Fitch Solutions Macro Research.

African nations will need to boost output of goods and services and integrate payment systems if they are to take advantage of a new $3.4-trillion economic initiative, according to the head of the African Development Bank.