AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS

KENYA – Over 700 farmers have graduated from the Safaricom Foundation’s Wezesha Agri Programme in Kajiado County, Kenya. The program, which was a partnership between…

EGYPT – Authorities in Egypt have restructured their approach to dealing with the ongoing issue of illegal cultivation of specific grape varieties by investing in…

SOUTH AFRICA – Blueberry exporters in South Africa are optimistic about the fresh fruit market, despite a slow start to production this season. The South…

TANZANIA – The law of supply and demand is currently at play in Dar es Salaam as pineapple prices double due to ongoing off-season supply-demand…

NIGERIA – Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has launched a five-year national potato production initiative to boost the country’s food security.…

KENYA – ForestFoods, a Kenyan-based regenerative and syntropic agroforestry company, has implemented its modular farming approach within Tatu City, Kenya’s first operational Special Economic Zone.…

MOROCCO – Red berry production in Morocco is expected to show resilience amidst the recent critical shift in the industry, influenced by both environmental and…

EGYPT – The largest supplier of onions to the EU, Egypt, has raised its shipments for the year 2022/2023 after three years of stagnation. Egypt’s…

KENYA – Kenya’s horticultural export revenue for the first half of 2023 is reportedly steadily rising, thanks to a recent increase in the value of…

CAMEROON – A recent document issued by the National Sector of Association (Assobacam) revealed that the export rate of bananas in Cameroon for August 2023…