The Sudanese government has announced it will cultivate 600,000 acres of wheat as it aims to cut importations of the crop, which have been setting the country back US$900mn annually
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Zimbabwean farmers halting cotton production to grow tobacco
Cotton farmers in Zimbabwe have been shifting their interests to the tobacco industry in a bid to reduce cotton prices in the country
Nigerian farmers to receive US$91.6mn agricultural loan
Farmers in Nigeria will be issued with a share of a US$91.6mn agricultural loan by the the Bank of Agriculture (BoA)
Mozambique irrigation schemes could cut rice imports
The Mozambican government will run new irrigation schemes in the country, which it has predicted in the long-term could reduce rice imports
Mea to build fertiliser plant in Kenya
Farming inputs supplier, Mea, is constructing a US$16mn fertiliser plant in Nakuru, Kenya