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Nigeria’s southwest loses 750 metric tons of cocoa to dieback disease
Cocoa farms in southwestern Nigeria, the country’s main growing region, have been bitten by outbreaks of a fungal disease identified...
Read moreDetailsWorld wheat output to fall in 2018-19 for first time in six years
Audu Ogbe, Nigeria's minister of agriculture and Rural Development (third left); Abdullahi Ganduje, Gov. of Kano State and Abubakar Bagudu,...
Read moreDetailsCassava production to hit 2mmt in 2018 if additional 100,000ha is cultivated —NCGA
Women helping in cassava processing in Nigeria Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA) has said the cultivation of additional 100,000 hectares...
Read moreDetailsNigeria earns $402m from cashew export
National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN), said on Monday that the country earned $402 million (N144.7 billion) from the export...
Read moreDetailsGhana seeks $750m loan to replace diseased cocoa trees
Ghana’s cocoa regulator plans to raise $750 million in loans to finance the replacement of almost half of the trees...
Read moreDetailsIndia’s coffee exports up 8% in 11-months
India's Coffee exports rose by 8.0% to 3.61 lakh tonnes in January-November 2017 compared to 3.34 lakh tonnes in the...
Read moreDetailsIndia sets curbs on onion exports as prices surge
India set a minimum price of $850 per tonne for an overseas sale of onions, a government order said on...
Read moreDetailsIvory Coast to allow cocoa farms in some protected forests
Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, plans to legalize farming on almost 5 million acres (2 million hectares) of...
Read moreDetailsIvory Coast rains have cocoa farmers on edge for new season as harvests improve in Nigeria
A month into the new cocoa season, farmers in top grower Ivory Coast are getting anxious, as heavy rains continue to...
Read moreDetailsMalaysia palm oil output expected to rise 2.5% in 2018
Palm oil production in Malaysia, the world’s second-largest producer, is expected to increase by 15.5 percent this year and will...
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