Fruit & Nuts
The hub for agriculture and farming fruit & nuts news in Africa.
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Tayebwa urges Finnish firms to invest in coffee value addition in Uganda
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has urged Finnish companies to channel investments into coffee value addition, saying this…
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Micropropagation of plum cultivars: A first for South Africa
Micropropagation in tissue culture is widely recognised as an effective method for the mass production of disease-free plants. It’s especially…
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Ghana expects cocoa output to exceed 650,000 tons in the 2025/26 season
Ghana expects cocoa production to exceed 650,000 tons during the 2025/26 season, Agriculture Minister Eric Opoku said at the Norman…
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Tiny parasitic wasp helping Kenyan farmers control papaya mealybug
A tiny parasitic wasp, Acerophagus papayae, is helping Kenyan farmers recover from the devastation caused by the papaya mealybug, an…
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EU grants US$220 million to support Nigeria’s cocoa and dairy sectors
The European Union has approved a €190 million (US$219.5 million) credit line to boost agricultural lending in Nigeria, focusing on…
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Ivory Coast traced 40% of cocoa for 2024/25 season
Côte d’Ivoire has traced 40% of its cocoa beans from the 2024/2025 season (October – September), according to the 2025…
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New investment empowers 600,000 African smallholders through local processing expansion
Robust International, a global trader of sesame and cashew nuts, is expanding its footprint in Africa with three new processing…
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Morocco targets 200,000 tons of olive oil in 2025
Morocco’s olive oil industry expects to produce 200,000 tons in 2025, more than double last year’s 90,000 tons, according to…
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