- Jul- 2019 -24 JulyCrops
South Africa 2019 maize output expected to shrink by 13%
South Africa’s 2019 maize harvest forecast is expected to be reduced from previous estimates after harvests in the North West…
Read More » - 8 JulyFruit & Nuts
Premium prices attract small farmers back to coffee growing in Zimbabwe
David Muganyura smells the coffee cherries on the slopes of his plot and breaks into a smile, as he chats…
Read More » - 4 JulyFruit & Nuts
Coffee farmers meet in Brazil amid crisis, seek alternatives
Organizations representing coffee farmers from around the world will meet next week in Brazil as the sector faces one of…
Read More » - Jun- 2019 -28 JuneBusiness
Ivory Coast and Ghana team up for greater share of chocolate wealth
Kouakou Kinimo is a pretty typical Ivory Coast cocoa farmer. He works a small holding. At 52, he’s roughly the…
Read More » - 21 JuneBusiness
Ivory Coast, Ghana proposed cocoa price floor lacks other growers’ support
A cocoa price floor of $2,600 per tonne agreed by Ivory Coast and Ghana with buyers for the 2020/21 season…
Read More » - 17 JunePigs
eSwatini bans imports of live pigs from countries affected by African swine fever
The Kingdom of eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland, banned imports of live pigs on Monday from countries that test positive…
Read More » - 11 JuneNews
Presidential panel submits long-delayed report on South African land reform
A panel of experts appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa to advise South Africa’s government on how to resolve the issue…
Read More » - May- 2019 -31 MayAgroforestry
As Zimbabwe’s forests fall, timber shortage tightens screws on carpenters
Since timber was added to a list of commodities running short in Zimbabwe’s crisis-hit economy late last year, carpenter Josh…
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