The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) held the 107th regular meeting of its Council and Subsidiary Bodies from 25 to 28 April 2023 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, under the chairmanship of Mr. Abel Fernandez, from the Dominican Republic. During this session held in hybrid format, our Members had the opportunity to…
The International Cocoa Council, at its 106th regular session held from 27 – 29 September 2022, adopted the amended International Cocoa Agreement (ICA), 2010 and commits it to all the contracting parties to the Agreement for their acceptance of the amendments. The amended ICA, 2010, which is a culmination of…
Nigeria and digitalisation of food production The Punch
Published 13 May 2021
During a stakeholders’ dialogue on Nigeria’s food system and food policy, organised by the ecological think tank, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, last week in Abuja, many of us came face to face with the sobering reality that our dear country lags behind in what could be described as the global balance of food power. Considering that we are one of the most populated countries in the developing world, with a massive agro-based informal sector, this is not supposed to be so.
Not only are new digital technologies changing the face of agro-production, the monolithic information and communication technologies companies are also taking over food production and distribution from the hands of the small holder farmers. As you read this, the West’s big tech companies, Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft are already amassing a large chunk of the portfolio of the world’s food s
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