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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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Tanzania to sell 1 million tons of corn to drought-hit Kenya
Tanzania is set to sell 1 million tons of corn to neighboring Kenya where a drought curbed production and caused…
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Ivory Coast, Ghana proposed cocoa price floor lacks other growers’ support
A cocoa price floor of $2,600 per tonne agreed by Ivory Coast and Ghana with buyers for the 2020/21 season…
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Israel firm reports first cannabis harvest from Uganda
Israeli firm, Together Pharma Limited has reported that it made a cannabis harvest from Uganda on Tuesday, despite a government…
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New Customs rules proposed to control tobacco supply chain
Earlier this year it was announced that The South African Revenue Service (SARS) had embarked on a number of strategic…
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Zimbabwe plans big corn imports after bad weather devastates harvest
Zimbabwe’s government plans to boost corn imports as adverse weather slashes the southern African nation’s harvest. The country’s Grain Marketing…
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