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Tanzanian cashew price hike could lead to global shortage, traders say
Tanzania’s plan to buy the country’s entire 2018 cashew nut crop could lead to a global shortage, with processors in…
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Five regions named as Tanzania’s giant producers of cotton
Singida, Simiyu, Shinyanga, Mwanza and Mara regions were yesterday named as Tanzania’s cotton growing giants out of the seven chief…
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Kenya sugar firm banks on technology for market takeover
A new private sugar firm in Kenya is pioneering irrigation farming and mechanisation to turn a profit. Kwale International Sugar…
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Macadamia boom as more take up crop
Macadamia nut processors have projected a rise in production in the next five years as farmers switch to the cash…
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South African maize planting area seen expanding 6 percent
South African maize farmers intend to plant 6 percent more hectares of the staple grain in the 2018/2019 season, the…
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Pure Oil invests $9 million in soya farming
Pure Oil Industries, one of Zimbabwe’s major cooking oil producers, says it has invested $9 million towards supporting contract farmers…
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Nestle, Cargill again face suit by ex-slaves in cocoa fields
Six former child slaves from Mali who accused food producers Nestle SA and Cargill Inc. of aiding and abetting their forced labor in African…
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Tobacco farmers urged to diversify
The tobacco sector is encouraging farmers to diversify into other high value export crops such as chia, an oil seed,…
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