Crops
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Gemcorp plans to tap Black Sea Grains to feed locust-hit Africa
After wrapping up its first year trading Black Sea and Argentinian grain, Gemcorp Group plans to boost sales to Africa…
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Coffee production faces climate risk for Africa’s top grower
Ethiopia, Africa’s largest coffee grower, could face “significant volatility” in the crop’s yields in a decade due to changing weather…
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Nigeria cocoa exports stalled over Covid-19 safety protocols
Health protocols introduced by Nigerian authorities to curb the spread of the Covid-19 disease have delayed cocoa exports, leaving at…
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Farmvest seals moringa contract, seeks partnership with local farmers and private sector
Farmvest Agricapital a SA based company with Operations in Zimbabwe and South Africa announced that they have sealed a 5-year…
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Climate-smart cassava gets new use in Zambia
To deal with drier conditions brought by a shifting climate, farmer Pamela Nyirenda last year shifted to growing drought-hardy cassava,…
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Kenya plans to allow corn imports as supplies set to run out
Kenya may need to import some corn, its main staple food, after about two months when the agriculture ministry projects…
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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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Kenyan farmers battle fruit-fly menace as climate warms
Gideon Gitonga inspected his avocado orchard in central Kenya with military precision, revealing that some of the fruit were tinged…
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