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The production of avocados in South Africa is estimated to decrease marginally by 2 percent to 130,000 Metric Tons (MT) in the 2020/21 MY, based on the cyclical on-year and off-year nature...

Kenya’s imports of consumer-oriented food products grew at an average annual rate of 11 percent between 2015 and 2019.

South Africa is continuing to experiencing a positive trend in the area planted with summer rainfall field crops during the past two decades.

In December 2020, the Government of Nigeria through the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) authorized guidelines on gene editing.

On February 1, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa partially lifted the ban on the domestic transportation and sale of alcohol beverages.

The oil-rich Nigeria relies heavily on food and agricultural imports (mostly wheat, rice, poultry, fish, food services, consumer-oriented foods, etc.), valued about $10 billion to feed its...

The South African food ingredients market was valued at R25.6 Billion (US$1.7 billion) in 2019, and is expected to reach R30 billion (US$2.0 billion) by 2024.

Post decreases its corn production forecast for MY 2020/21 (March 2021–February 2022) to 105 MMT, in response to reduced yields for first-crop corn, as well as the likelihood of delayed planting...

There were no substantial alterations on the regulatory framework for agricultural goods in 2020 except for the review of nutritional labeling by the...