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Kenyan tea glut pushes prices to multi-year lows, trade body says
Kenyan tea prices have slumped to their lowest level in at least five years due to excess supplies and weak…
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Reserve Bank of Malawi governor blames high maize prices on panic buying
Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) governor Daliso Kabambe has blamed the high maize prices to panic buying, saying the grain…
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Tanzania to sell a million tons of maize and flour to Kenya
Tanzania will sell neighbouring Kenya one million tons of maize and flour within a year to help curb a food…
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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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