Morocco has earmarked 320 million dollars (3 bln dirhams) to address water shortage in drought-hit areas of Souss, Moulouya, Oum Errabia and Tensift, Water and Equipment Minister Nizar Baraka said. Speaking to MPs, the minister said Morocco has 148 large dams and 135 small ones that are not enough so far to cover the increasing […]
The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) warned of a bean disease that has infected 81% of the cocoa harvest in Western North, Ghana’s third largest cocoa producing region. The news came as Ghana, the second largest cocoa producer, reported a below average harvest this year at 429,323 tons, as climate change induced heat waves adds to […]
Burkina Faso has adopted a decree increasing minimum monthly wage to up $75 from $51, few days following talks between Labors Unions and the National council of private employers. The measure, Sika Finance reports, does not apply for the agriculture sector. Labor Unions late last month inked a deal with the country’s private employers’ Council […]
