Commodity & Trade Updates

Kenya’s heavy dependence on imported rice is creating a major opportunity for domestic farmers and processors, with a new market-led private-sector initiative seeking to expand production, strengthen post-harvest handling and increase local milling capacity.

The initiative focuses on rehabilitating traditional oil palm plantations, establishing modern refining capacity, and enhancing local value addition to meet surging national and regional demand for edible oils.

The project is expected to help Senegal reduce dependence on imported refined oils, improve oil extraction rates through shorter post harvest intervals, and create a more competitive value chain for smallholder growers.

The investment drive aims to connect Ethiopia’s sorghum production potential with capital, technology, enterprise and markets.

The project aims to accelerate commercialization of key oilseed value chains while improving the livelihoods and resilience of smallholder farmers.