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Get the very current news on Agriculture and Farming activities in Africa.
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Aug- 2021 -31 August
Farmers expect good start to Africa’s main cocoa crop season
Farmers in top cocoa growers Ivory Coast and Ghana are becoming increasingly confident of a good start to the main-crop…
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12 August
Unique regional status to South Africa’s rooibos tea can turn fortunes for crop
Come December, when farmers near Cape Town harvest rooibos leaves, they will become the first generation to grow and sell…
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3 August
Kenya’s growing taste for specialty coffee seen spurring output
Kenyan butcher David Mwangi likes to start his day with a mocha or a cappuccino at a newly opened coffee…
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Jun- 2021 -24 June
African Development Bank and Italian Technical Cooperation Fund extend €990,000 grant to boost agricultural value chains
The African Development Bank, with financing from the Italian Technical Cooperation Fund, has provided a €990,000 grant to help smaller…
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21 June
Biggest cocoa harvest in decade spurs record debt sales by Ghana
Ghana’s biggest cocoa harvest in a decade is spurring record domestic borrowing by the industry regulator of the world’s no.…
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17 June
IMF doubles forecast for economic growth in Zimbabwe on harvest
The International Monetary Fund almost doubled its economic growth forecast for Zimbabwe, citing a bumper harvest, improved power supply and an…
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May- 2021 -17 May
Namibia bans South African poultry imports after avian flu spreads
Namibia has banned all imports of poultry and poultry products from South Africa after further outbreaks of avian influenza were…
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Apr- 2021 -20 April
Zimbabwe retains 7.4% growth target on improved farm output
Zimbabwe’s Treasury is sticking to its economic growth estimate of 7.4%, even after the nation’s president said the projection would…
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