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Mondelēz commits to cutting emissions in Ghanan cocoa supply chain
Chocolate manufacturer Mondelēz has said it will ramp up its efforts to work against deforestation and unsustainable farming in the world's biggest cocoa producing nations.
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Macron takes aim at Lactalis over baby formula contamination
As Lactalis allegedly faces hundreds of lawsuits over a salmonella outbreak at the end of 2017, the President of France has reassured the European community that French products are safe.
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Putting cactus on the menu: FAO extols the virtue of prickly plants
The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) worked with experts to write the book on cacti. Crop Ecology, Cultivation and Uses of Cactus Pear spreads knowledge of how to manage the plant effectively. It also gives…
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Antelope perfume drives flies away from cattle
Scientist have used an 'antelope perfume' to keep tsetse flies from cows, cutting sleeping sickness rates by 80 per cent.
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New research to treat acute malnutrition
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and humanitarian organisations have conducted a large study in Burkina Faso in West Africa treating more than 1,600 children with acute malnutrition.
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Scientists crack hardy crop’s complex genome
Finger millet's genetic code has been decoded in detail for the first time by researchers at Zurich University.
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Food allergies strike the animal kingdom
Animals suffer form food intolerance and allergies in the same way as humans, the Messerli Research Institute has found. A joint venture by Vetmeduni Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna, the Messerli Research Institute has published a new European position paper.
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MPs pressure Sainsbury’s to stick with Fairtrade
More than 40 MPs have added their voices to the campaign to persuade supermarket giant Sainsbury's not to axe the Fairtrade label in favour of its own "Fairly Traded" alternative.
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Join the movement to make sustainable chocolate the norm
The cocoa and chocolate industry is currently running against a fundamentally unsustainable model. Barry Callebaut's Peter Boone urges change...
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Divine Chocolate announces Dividend for its farmer owners in Ghana
27 February 2017 | By New Food
Divine Chocolate, the leading international Fairtrade company, has released its 2016 figures that include dividends for its Ghanaian farmers...
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Why are cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire still living in poverty?
22 February 2017 | By Roy Manuell | Digital Editor
New study shows the road to make cocoa a sustainable and high yielding crop is still long...
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New pest threatens crops in West Africa
16 January 2017 | By NIBIO – Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
A species of moth looks set to significantly threaten crops in West Africa and the future is looking increasingly uncertain...
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Coca-Cola and Anheuser-Busch InBev reach agreement on Coca-Cola Africa
21 December 2016 | By New Food
Coca-Cola and Anheuser-Busch InBev have reached an agreement regarding the transition of AB InBev's 54.5% equity stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa for 3.15 billion USD...
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ENSO threatens food supply in southern Africa
17 October 2016 | By Lund University
Rapid climate change will lead to greater shortages of food, fuel, energy and animal feed in vast rural areas of eastern and southern Africa....
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Ghana losing out big on global cow’s milk market
10 October 2016 | By New Food
Despite the ever-increasing demand for cow's milk around the world, Ghana continues to miss out on the multi-billion dollar, global dairy market...
