Crops
The hub for agriculture and farming crops news in Africa.
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Wheat farming drive in Ethiopia gathers pace as shortages bite
Ethiopia’s wheat output will jump 70% this year as the populous Horn of Africa nation ramps up production to shelter…
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Securing the future of farming in Zambia by implementing climate adapted farming methods
Zambia has seen impacts of climate change across the entire country in recent years. The rains come late in the…
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Digital Dry Matter Weigher gets update from Martin Lishman
15 years ago, Martin Lishman introduced the Weltech PW-2050 Digital Dry Matter Weigher to the potato industry. This was a…
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Farmers expect good start to Africa’s main cocoa crop season
Farmers in top cocoa growers Ivory Coast and Ghana are becoming increasingly confident of a good start to the main-crop…
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Unique regional status to South Africa’s rooibos tea can turn fortunes for crop
Come December, when farmers near Cape Town harvest rooibos leaves, they will become the first generation to grow and sell…
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Kenya’s growing taste for specialty coffee seen spurring output
Kenyan butcher David Mwangi likes to start his day with a mocha or a cappuccino at a newly opened coffee…
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Biggest cocoa harvest in decade spurs record debt sales by Ghana
Ghana’s biggest cocoa harvest in a decade is spurring record domestic borrowing by the industry regulator of the world’s no.…
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Traders fail tough test for Uganda maize exports to Kenya
No maize trader has met the new tougher requirements for Kenya’s imports from Uganda that are meant to prevent influx…
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