Nigeria is reforming its farming sector to bolster production and draw investment but companies this week said more needs to be done to tackle entrenched corruption, poor infrastructure and rogue government agencies.
Global food prices fell in August for the fourth month running, according to the United Nations' food agency which again raised its 2013/14 forecast for grain production.
The preliminary national average price received by farmers for all wheat in August was $6.91 per bu, down 2c from July and down $1.13 from $8.04 in August 2012
Fruit and vegetable distributor Total Produce has reported an 18.8% increase in revenue for the six months to the end of June, on the back of its recent expansion drive overseas.
Discounter Lidl is offering its Belgian customers the chance to design a cupcake on their Facebook page, with the three most popular variants then going into development at the end of the year.
According to the latest data from FruitImprese, the flux of fruit and vegetable imports in Italy between January and May 2013 surpassed that of exports.
Prices of agricultural foodstuffs in China rose by a small amount in the week of 19-25 August according to a survey of 36 medium and large sized cities conducted by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.
