Crops
The hub for agriculture and farming crops news in Africa.
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South Africa 2019 maize output expected to shrink by 13%
South Africa’s 2019 maize harvest forecast is expected to be reduced from previous estimates after harvests in the North West…
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Cocoa’s OPEC moment puts world market on track for boom and bust
The world’s two biggest cocoa producers are taking unprecedented steps to exert more control on the market in a bid…
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AMG, PBC launch cocoa NTI Sensitisation Programme
Agricultural Manufacturing Group Limited (AMG), a leading indigenous importer and distributor of fertiliser in Ghana has launched a month-long intensive…
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Premium prices attract small farmers back to coffee growing in Zimbabwe
David Muganyura smells the coffee cherries on the slopes of his plot and breaks into a smile, as he chats…
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Coffee farmers meet in Brazil amid crisis, seek alternatives
Organizations representing coffee farmers from around the world will meet next week in Brazil as the sector faces one of…
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Ivory Coast and Ghana team up for greater share of chocolate wealth
Kouakou Kinimo is a pretty typical Ivory Coast cocoa farmer. He works a small holding. At 52, he’s roughly the…
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Extreme weather is shaking up Africa’s corn trade
At least three African nations will need to import more corn this year after extreme weather from cyclones to drought…
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Ivory Coast says minimum cocoa price needed to draw new growers
Ivory Coast’s move to implement a fixed minimum cocoa price will entice more younger farmers to plant the beans after…
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