August 16, 2022 -

The tea makers eagerly await a specific aroma or, as they say, “for the teas to speak.” The machines are switched off as soon as the leaves emit that particular aroma. The rolled hunks of darker, chunkier leaves are then hauled to the drying machine. There, another dexterous worker awaits the leaves.

May 05, 2022 -

The impact of the war in Ukraine on food and fuel prices will weaken economies already battered by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate-related disasters.

August 19, 2021 -

The multimillion-dollar shea industry is booming in French-speaking Africa. With the right support, there is a lot of room for the sector to grow and for rural women to benefit.

August 19, 2021 -

French-speaking Africa has a lot of potential for trade. Find out what sectors have the most promise.

April 13, 2021 -

Originally published by the OECD on 4th March.

February 18, 2021 -

Originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 03:30 GMT

January 19, 2021 -

A fresh style of training for agriculturalists addresses topics from creativity to financial literacy

December 10, 2020 -

For smallholder farmers and processors in LDCs, cotton by-products could provide additional income as they adjust to COVID-19 and other exogenous factors impacting world lint prices

November 24, 2020 -

The government of Uganda put containment measures in place to tackle COVID-19. These included quarantines; bans on public gatherings and weekly markets; closures of schools, borders and nonessential retail outlets; and the suspension of international flights.

August 18, 2020 -

For a new business owner, one international trade fair got things rolling

August 05, 2020 -

Food products comprise around 17% of LDC merchandise imports – more than double the world average of 8%.

June 16, 2020 -

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFRPRI) Senior Research Fellow discusses the challenges and opportunities for food security in least developed countries amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

May 14, 2020 -

Finding new buyers and tapping new markets, harnessing agriculture’s potential

March 16, 2020 -

SDG 2 commits governments to end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, with five specific targets setting the level and ambition of this goal.

February 13, 2020 -

Agriculture 4.0, fuelled by innovation and technology, is driving more productive, efficient and sustainable food systems.

December 12, 2019 -

New report delves into the trade data on agriculture on the continent, finding positive trends, points of concern and suggestions for the future

September 25, 2019 -

The tiny West African country The Gambia is striving to export its crops globally.

August 19, 2019 -

Government plus grassroots combo laying foundations for MSME success

July 29, 2019 -

Noah's Ark owner Samuel Musoke discusses his small business and what he needs to succeed from Masaka District in Uganda.

June 06, 2019 -

Skills strategies can provide a bridging mechanism to enable disadvantaged groups such as youth and women to gain from international trade.

April 09, 2019 -

Bhutan’s potato ‘stock market’ goes online

March 11, 2019 -

LUANG PRABANG – 11 MARCH 2019 – Lao PDR’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC) and the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) have officially launched a new effort to increase the country’s exports and support investments in business development.

January 28, 2019 -

In countries where farming sustains families and economies, sustainable trade in agricultural products means everything

September 17, 2018 -

Strategic alliances and alignments are key to making trade in agriculture work, for all

September 12, 2018 -

In some of the most impoverished countries in the world, agriculture is the backbone of the economy

August 29, 2018 -

Island nation focusing on its unique, specialty plant life to kick start economic growth

August 26, 2018 -

Targeting soy and groundnuts for export, the country and its farmers are seeing rewards

August 18, 2018 -

When agriculture and trade align, change happens for incomes and economies

August 13, 2018 -

Three tiny, volcanic Indian Ocean islands are producing 60% of the world's supply of ylang-ylang

August 09, 2018 -

Malawi's farmers have been cultivating new crops with the National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi, supported by the Government of Malawi and EIF

August 08, 2018 -

EIF is the only multilateral partnership working to support trade for development in the world's poorest countries. Check out how we are doing this, on the ground, with our partners, together with governments, always for development, always for the Least Developed Countries.

July 23, 2018 -

Inclusive and sustainable agribusiness value chains can provide one of the highest returns on investment in terms of growth, poverty reduction, pro-poor employment, and women's economic empowerment in LDCs.

June 11, 2018 -

A journey from farmers’ fields to export markets

May 14, 2018 -

A new book on sanitary and phytosanitary gaps from the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) highlights ways to support farmers, processors, traders and governments in developing countries to access global markets

March 14, 2018 -

(MASERU/GENEVA) March 9, 2018 – The Kingdom of Lesotho is continuing to invest in agro-processing for its farmers: A brand new horticultural market centre will allow them to better preserve their fruits and vegetables and receive prompt payments for their products.

February 18, 2018 -

“Coconuts are both culturally and economically important to Samoans,” says Alberta Vitale, Associate Director of Samoa’s Women in Business Development Incorporated (WIBDI).

February 13, 2018 -

Burkina Faso's cashew sector has been re-made, as a matter of national priority.

January 23, 2018 -

Project strengthens value chains of vanilla, clove and ylang ylang in the Union of the Comoros Originally posted at ITC News

November 26, 2017 -

Aminata Dominique Diouf was seven years old when her father bought a small farm 15 minutes from the Senegal-Gambia border.