Wheat
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Stronger wheat production drives global cereal forecast to a record high -FAO
GLOBAL- FAO’s latest forecast for global cereal production in 2023 is raised by 3.8 million tonnes from the previous forecast and now stands at 2 819 million…
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Nigeria to produce 875,000MT of wheat under the NAGS-AP project
NIGERIA – Nigeria plans to produce 875,000 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat for the country’s food reserve on over 70,000 hectares across the wheat-producing zones…
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Kenya spent nearly US$342M on Russia-Ukraine imports in the first half of 2023-KNBS
KENYA – Data by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) in the recently released official report showed that expenditure on imports from Russia and Ukraine splashed a record-high…
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Nigeria wheat import to decline as weakening naira constrains consumer purchasing power
NIGERIA – The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has slashed Nigeria’s wheat consumption and imports by 10% and 9%…
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NatFoods set to commission new pasta and biscuit plants by end of year
ZIMBABWE – National Foods (NatFoods), one of Zimbabwe’s largest food manufacturers plans to commission pasta and biscuit plants before the end of the year as part…