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- May- 2020 -19 MayClimate
Coffee production faces climate risk for Africa’s top grower
Ethiopia, Africa’s largest coffee grower, could face “significant volatility” in the crop’s yields in a decade due to changing weather…
Read More » - 5 MayPolitics
Nigeria cocoa exports stalled over Covid-19 safety protocols
Health protocols introduced by Nigerian authorities to curb the spread of the Covid-19 disease have delayed cocoa exports, leaving at…
Read More » - Apr- 2020 -16 AprilEconomy
Kenya plans to allow corn imports as supplies set to run out
Kenya may need to import some corn, its main staple food, after about two months when the agriculture ministry projects…
Read More » - 13 AprilClimate
A Million people face food shortage in Ethiopia due to locusts
One million people are in need of emergency food assistance in Ethiopia after the worst desert locust outbreak in decades.…
Read More » - 8 AprilEnvironment
Desert locust outbreak at crisis point
A desert-locust plague in the Horn of Africa has reached critical proportions, according to Gro Intelligence, a privately funded commodity…
Read More » - Feb- 2020 -26 FebruaryClimate
The cost of fighting desert locusts in East Africa has doubled
The money needed to combat a desert locust outbreak in eastern Africa has doubled to $138 million, the Food and…
Read More » - 25 FebruaryBusiness
Desert-locust outbreak reaches Democratic Republic of Congo
A desert-locust outbreak that has been ravaging pastures and crops on both sides of the Red Sea has reached the…
Read More » - Jan- 2020 -31 JanuaryEconomy
Zimbabwe lifts ban on GM corn imports in bid to avert famine
Zimbabwe has quietly lifted a ban on imports of genetically modified corn for the first time in 12 years as…
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