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bizcommunity.com | Paul Makube |Wandile Sihlobo |John Hudson
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Following a tumultuous start to the 2025 Budget season, South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana finally delivered the much-anticipated expenditure plan. Hopefully, implementation is expedited to unlock and accelerate economic activity.
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bizcommunity.com | Wandile Sihlobo |John Hudson
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The first week of February 2025 was eventful for global agriculture. Following US President Donald Trump's announcement of further tariffs on China, China retaliated. On 4 March, China announced retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural products, imposing a 10% tariff on sorghum, soybeans, pork, beef, aquatic produce, fruits, vegetables, and dairy products, alongside a 15% tariff on chicken, wheat, corn, and cotton.
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South Africa has secured market access to export fresh table grapes to the Philippines, Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen announced. This achievement marks a significant milestone for the country's agricultural sector, further boosting its economic growth. Source: Couleur via Pixabay"The market was opened on 26 February 2025, so producers can start exporting table grapes to the Philippines.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.ug | Joe Bavier |Maytaal Angel |Maxwell Akalaare Adombila |John Hudson
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Sorghum, an ancient grain first domesticated in Africa, has been a dietary staple in regions like Asia, Africa, and India for millennia. However, its prominence has waned over time due to market shifts favouring crops like maize and wheat. If maize, wheat, and rice are serving the population, why should sorghum get special attention? One of the primary reasons is food security, which is a pressing issue in many parts of the world.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.com | Joe Bavier |Maytaal Angel |Maxwell Akalaare Adombila |John Hudson
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Sorghum, an ancient grain first domesticated in Africa, has been a dietary staple in regions like Asia, Africa, and India for millennia. However, its prominence has waned over time due to market shifts favouring crops like maize and wheat. If maize, wheat, and rice are serving the population, why should sorghum get special attention? One of the primary reasons is food security, which is a pressing issue in many parts of the world.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
bizcom.to | Joe Bavier |Maytaal Angel |Maxwell Akalaare Adombila |John Hudson
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Sorghum, an ancient grain first domesticated in Africa, has been a dietary staple in regions like Asia, Africa, and India for millennia. However, its prominence has waned over time due to market shifts favouring crops like maize and wheat. If maize, wheat, and rice are serving the population, why should sorghum get special attention? One of the primary reasons is food security, which is a pressing issue in many parts of the world.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.ug | Joe Bavier |Maytaal Angel |Maxwell Akalaare Adombila |John Hudson
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International buyers have made over half a billion dollars in upfront payments to Ghana's state marketing board, Cocobod, to secure cocoa supplies and prevent further financial losses. This move follows an overhaul of the country’s cocoa marketing system, which now relies more heavily on private traders to finance and manage the crop amid financial challenges and declining production.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.com | John Hudson |Wandile Sihlobo |Paul Makube
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2024 has been a year of mixed fortunes for the agricultural sector. The mid-summer El Niño-induced drought negatively impacted summer crops, while events like the ongoing animal disease woes, the seemingly endless logistical crisis, high interest rates, and uncertainty about the national government all weighed heavily on the sector.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.com | John Hudson |Wambui Kuria |Niharika Agarwal |Paul Makube
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Africa faces a severe food waste crisis, losing about a third of its agricultural produce annually. In South Africa alone, 30% of the 31 million tonnes of food produced each year never reaches consumers, resulting in losses of R61.5 billion, or 2.1% of GDP.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.com | John Hudson |Wambui Kuria |Niharika Agarwal |Paul Makube
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Poultry producer, Astral Foods expects an annual profit this year as it recovers from last year’s rare loss due to power cuts and the country’s worst bird flu outbreak. Source: ©krugloff via 123RFAstral said in a trading update its headline earnings per share for the year ended Sept.
