Maize
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Almost all of Africa’s maize crop is at risk from devastating fall armyworm pest, study reveals
AFRICA-Fall army warms (Spodoptera frugiperda) continue to endanger the majority of Africa’s maize crops according to new research published in Frontiers in Insect Science journal.…
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AFEX annual commodity outlook forecasts global maize prices to decline by 8% in 2023
NIGERIA – Global maize prices will decrease by 8% while prices for wheat, which were anticipated to rise by 36% in 2022, will slightly fall…
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Kenya licenses traders as window open for the importation of 10M bags of duty-free maize
KENYA – The government has issued licenses to private traders to facilitate the importation of 10 million bags (about 900 metric tonnes) of duty-free maize…
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BoMill launches ‘BoMill InSight’ to help millers optimize grain sorting operations
SWEDEN-The Swedish agritech company BoMill AB has launched a grain sorting solution brand BoMill InSight™, the first equipment of its kind, capable of sorting individual…
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Kenya to increase rice acreage by 100,000 in 5 years as plans to transition to irrigated agriculture intensifies
KENYA – Kenya has embarked on a 5-year plan to increase the acreage under rice production in the country by at least 100,000 acres as…