Food / Agribusiness

Fall armyworm has spread throughout Africa, decimating crops; the lack of simple solutions poses long-term challenges

China has laid out ambitious plans to modernise agriculture and develop its rural areas over the next three decades

Growth may pick up in 2018 after a 1% rise in 2017, but deep challenges to sustained growth will face the new government

Controversial measures to expropriate land without compensation will spook investors

The economy expanded 1% last year, reversing two years of sharp contraction

The trade and fiscal deficits, the latter financed by debt, raise worries in an uncertain global environment

The 2018 budget has led to a sharp increase in the prices of bread, fuel, electricity and many other basic goods

A year of scandals has undermined the incumbent's chances of another term in office