Field Crops
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Rain-short Zimbabwe fights taboo against farming drought-hardy grain
Samuel Mudziwepasi lost his entire maize crop in the last farming season, when a drought ravaged much of Zimbabwe. Now…
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Malawi parliament okays cultivation of cannabis
In Malawi, parliament has passed a bill which allows cultivation of cannabis for industrial and medicinal purposes. Backers of the…
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Zimbabwe to legalize growing of industrial hemp
Zimbabwe will change its laws to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp for export, cabinet ministers said on Tuesday, adding…
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Kenyan tea glut pushes prices to multi-year lows, trade body says
Kenyan tea prices have slumped to their lowest level in at least five years due to excess supplies and weak…
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Israel firm reports first cannabis harvest from Uganda
Israeli firm, Together Pharma Limited has reported that it made a cannabis harvest from Uganda on Tuesday, despite a government…
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Tanzania tobacco farmers income set to rise by 12.3pc
Farmers’ earnings from tobacco are expected to go up by 12.24 percent this year due to a rise in production…
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Rwanda government turns to new high yielding coffee varieties
Researchers at Rwanda Agricultural Board have announced that they are planning on providing seeds to farmers to conduct on-farm trials…
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Emerging Markets – African countries exporting marijuana
African governments are considering ways of tapping into the lucrative marijuana market. According to a UN survey, more than 10…
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