Crops
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Zimbabwe corn deliveries soar on improved payments to farmers
Corn deliveries by Zimbabwean farmers have soared thanks to more speedy payments, boosting supplies of the scarce staple, according to…
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Cameroon tomato farmers count losses to wild weather and lockdown
Tomato farmer Gregory Ngwana is used to good years. But this season, wild weather – too little rainfall and then…
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Nigeria cocoa output seen down 18% as rains spread pod disease
Nigeria’s cocoa-industry association cut its output estimate for the 2019-20 season by 18%, citing the spread of the fungal black…
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Tanzania’s improved grape cultivation looms in region
Central Tanzania Wine Company (Cetawico), Dodoma-based is planning to introduce a new grape farming style that would raise income of…
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Nigeria stops forex access for corn imports
Nigeria’s central bank has blocked access to foreign exchange for corn imports as it seeks to boost local farming output,…
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Heavy rains in Ivory Coast boost prospects for main cocoa harvest, but hurt mid-crop
Above-average rains last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions bode well for the start of the next main…
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U.S. farming body and Zambian firm partner aim to boost crop yields
An American non-profit organisation has launched a $40 million joint venture with one of Zambia’s top farm suppliers to boost…
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Ivory Coast rains bring relief to cocoa farmers
Above-average rains last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing regions could boost the last stage of the April-to-September cocoa…
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