Commodity & Trade Updates
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Kenya seeks Indian investors to expand rice production
Kenya is exploring an Indian agricultural investment model to turn the Bura Irrigation Scheme in Tana River County into a major rice production hub, with a proposed 35,000-acre development projected to produce 78,750 metric tonnes of rice per production cycle.
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Togo’s cereal harvests set to rise as low prices squeeze agricultural incomes
Production is projected to reach 1,955,893 tonnes, an increase of 4.3 percent from the previous season and 25.2 percent above the five-year average, according to figures reported by Togo First.
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Drought cuts oilseeds production outlook despite expansion in planted area
The USDA’s FASUSDA’s-FAS projects total EU oilseed production at 32.25 million tonnes, down 1% from the previous year, despite planted area rising by almost 7%.
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Iraq targets 4M tonnes of wheat in 2026/27 winter agricultural plan
The strategic decision aims to maximize national staple grain yields, particularly wheat and barley, while streamlining input supply chains for farmers across the country.
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Côte d’Ivoire strengthens soybean processing capacity with new US$17M plant
The facility can process 70,000 tonnes of raw materials a year, turning shea into butter and soybeans into oil and oilseed cake.