Fruit & Nuts
The hub for agriculture and farming fruit & nuts news in Africa.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Ivory Coast says minimum cocoa price needed to draw new growers
Ivory Coast’s move to implement a fixed minimum cocoa price will entice more younger farmers to plant the beans after…
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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…
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Tanzania drops Kenyan firm in U.S.$180 million cashew nut deal
A Kenyan company that signed a deal to buy $180.2 million cashew nuts in Tanzania will not be allowed to…
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NMB Bank promises support to grape growers
NMB bank will support grape growers in Dodoma region in line with the government’s efforts to uplift farmers economically. The…
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Tanzania targets China’s $105 million avocado market
Avocados are poised to become green gold, thanks to horticulture industry champions in collaboration with the government for unlocking the…
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