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Coronavirus slams West Africa’s cashew market, some crops left to rot
Olivier Gore-Bi took out loans to ready his 12-acre cashew farm in Ivory Coast for harvest. He is now leaving…
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Withering crops to make North Africa world’s top wheat buyer
One of the worst droughts in four decades is expected to make North Africa the world’s top buyer of foreign wheat.…
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Tanzania to more than double cotton output by 2025
Tanzania plans to more than double cotton production in five years as farmers increase cultivation, encouraged by higher prices for…
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Farmers turn to commercial banks as South African lender stalls
South African farmers are increasingly turning to commercial lenders to top up their working capital as the Land and Agricultural…
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Tanzania sees tobacco output falling 20% this year on weather
Tanzania’s output of tobacco, a key export from the East African country, could drop as much as 20% this year…
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Malawi maize output to climb 8.8% as rains return
Malawi’s maize production will increase by 8.8% in the 2020 crop season as much-needed rainfall helps to raise yields, its…
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Tanzania Government expects about Sh800bn from cashew nuts business
The government yesterday said the cashew sub-sector will generate an average of about Sh800 billion in the 2019/20 trading season.…
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Burundi to nationalize coffee industry to boost farmers’ income
Burundi plans to take over the coffee industry, blaming a drop in production on the alleged exploitation of farmers by…
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