Morocco is rapidly transforming Africa’s avocado export landscape, overtaking Kenya to become the continent’s leading exporter in 2025. The shift highlights how logistics, infrastructure, and market access are now redefining global agricultural trade. Africa’s Avocado Exports Surge in 2025 According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Africa exported approximately 430,000 tonnes of avocados in ...

Morocco is accelerating the adoption of agricultural technology to enhance productivity and address mounting water scarcity challenges. Government-backed initiatives are promoting precision irrigation systems, greenhouse farming and climate-resilient crop varieties, particularly in high-value horticulture such as tomatoes, citrus and berries. These export-oriented segments play a crucial role in Morocco’s agricultural revenue base. Water efficiency has ...

Morocco and Australia have strengthened scientific ties in agriculture following the signing of a new research partnership aimed at enhancing climate resilience and improving food security. Morocco’s National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA) and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) signed a memorandum of understanding on February 10 in Rabat, expanding cooperation in ...

By: Jayden Bagshaw African avocado exports recorded strong growth in 2025, with total shipments reaching 430,432 tonnes, according to preliminary data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Tropical Fruits Market Review published on Wednesday, 28 January. This represents a 16.7% increase compared with 368,845 tonnes in 2024, underscoring the continent’s growing role in global ...

African Leaders during the signing of the CAADP Kampala agreement By Jayden Bagshaw | December 19, 2025 With less than two weeks before Africa’s new agricultural policy framework comes into force, leading policy and agriculture experts have released a practical playbook aimed at helping governments translate long-standing food security commitments into measurable results. The Malabo ...

In Lagos, the price of maize has doubled within a single year. In Morocco, pipelines now carry desalinated water across barren plains to farms that once depended on rainfall. These snapshots capture a broader reality: across Africa, climate shocks are reshaping the future of food security. The impact is most severe in rain-dependent and water-stressed ...

Morocco has taken a bold step to reshape the continent’s coffee trade with the launch of the African Coffee Hub at the Tangiers Med port complex. Positioned at the northwestern tip of Africa, Tangiers Med is already the region’s largest port; the new hub aims to turn it into a continental gateway that consolidates buying, ...

The Africa Food Show Morocco (AFS 2025) is part of a pan-African series of exhibitions dedicated to transforming the agri-food industry. With successful editions in Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, and Morocco, AFS has become a vital platform uniting stakeholder across the entire food value chain, from production and processing to packaging, distribution, and retail. AFS Morocco ...

NOAA Fisheries has confirmed that South Africa is among ten African nations granted full approval to export fish and fish products from all marine fisheries to the United States starting January 2026. The announcement follows NOAA’s enforcement of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which sets stringent standards for foreign fisheries seeking access to the ...

Climate change in Africa is reshaping economies, ecosystems, and everyday life. But amid the devastation lies an often-overlooked truth: the crisis is also unlocking pathways for green growth, innovation, and a reimagined future. The continent is home to some of the world’s richest renewable energy resources. With over 60% of the globe’s best solar potential, ...