When Senegalese farmer Pape Fall first downloaded TikTok, it was to watch football and funny videos. In the last two years, however, he's experimented with it to promote his produce and now sells most ...

West African cocoa farmers are facing a squeeze after the price of the global commodity crashed on the international market ...

Farmers’ move to social media has been bolstered by a fall in aid sent to rural communities across the continent.

In fields across West Africa, farmers are increasingly turning to TikTok and other social media platforms to market their crops, share advice, and reshape how agriculture is viewed in a region long ma ...

Manu Yaw Fofie was born into the cocoa farming business, but the land bequeathed to him has become more of a burden than a blessing.

Cocoa farming supports an estimated six million farming families across West Africa, along with tens of millions more in ...

Machetes in hand and wearing a straw hat against the sun, the participants of an "agro-bootcamp" in the farmlands of the West African nation of Benin harvest maize, cowpeas and rice. "Then leave the ...

Rates of hunger in Africa are unacceptably high and getting worse. The UN State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 report reveals that food insecurity in Africa is the highest of any ...