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Tanzania coffee farmers urged to comply with international certification
Coffee farmers have been urged to produce quality coffee to comply with international certification, access more markets and earn good…
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Substituting half of the imported wheat: Achievable this year
Ethiopia annually imports 17 million quintal wheat from abroad and for the nation which suffers from scarcity of hard currency,…
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Ivory Coast lost 47,000 hectares of forest to cocoa production in 2020, environmental group says
Ivory Coast lost 47,000 hectares (116,000 acres) of forest in its cocoa-growing regions in 2020, an environmental group said on…
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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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