planting

On Tuesday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the country's program to plant 6 billion trees across the country this year, which comes before the election with Abiy hoping to highlight his focus on the environment. This is the third year in a row that Abiy - Nobel Peace Prize winner 2019 - is urging Ethiopians to plant billions of trees, part of his "Green Legacy" campaign to promote ecotourism and combat the effects of climate change. Africa's second most populous country is preparing…

At the beginning of the intermediate marketing campaign, producers will sell their beans at 750 CFA francs per kilo instead of 1000 CFA francs in October last year. The announcement was made by the Coffee and Cocoa Council, which manages the sector. The enthusiasm of the Ivorian cocoa producers will have lasted less than six…