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Kenya’s Coffee Earnings Rise to KSh41.6 Billion ($322 Million) in the 2025/2026 Season
Kenya’s coffee farmers earned KSh41.63 billion (about $322 million) through the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) in the 2025/2026 coffee year
Botswana Imports 600 Brazilian Dairy Cattle to Reduce Milk Import Dependence
Botswana has completed the importation of 600 cattle from Brazil as part of an effort to expand domestic milk production
Nigeria Produces 1.4 Million Tonnes of Fish but Still Faces a 2 Million-Tonne Supply Gap
Nigeria’s fish farmers are calling for stronger government support, better access to production inputs and closer industry cooperation
Kenya’s Tea Farmers Consider Abandoning Tea as Low Bonuses Squeeze Returns
Kenya’s smallholder tea farmers are challenging declining annual bonus payments, with growers in Nandi County rejecting a payout of KSh12.50 per kilogramme
Nigeria Targets Sugar Self-Sufficiency With $1 Billion Investment Push
Nigeria is mobilising a $1 billion investment pipeline to accelerate domestic sugar production under the Nigeria Sugar Master Plan (NSMP) 2.0
Nigeria Steps Up Pig Disease Control as African Swine Fever Threatens Ogun Farms
Nigeria is stepping up efforts to contain African Swine Fever (ASF) in one of the country’s major pig-producing areas
Zimbabwe Scales Solar-Powered Village Units to Drive Year-Round Food Production
Zimbabwe is expanding a village-level agricultural model that combines solar-powered irrigation
Nigeria’s Origin Tech Advances Local Fresh Milk Production in Lagos
Origin Tech Group is advancing its livestock and dairy operations in Lagos
Zimbabwe Surpasses Wheat Planting Target, Eyes Regional Export Market
Zimbabwe is pushing its wheat industry beyond self-sufficiency as farmers planted a record 126,394 hectares of winter wheat in 2026
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