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Nigeria’s wheat imports in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 are forecast at 5.4 million metric tons (MMT), up 4 percent from the MY 2017/18 import figure of 5.2 million metric tons.

Due to relatively high stock levels that are suppressing local corn prices, Post estimates that South Africa’s commercial corn producers will cut area by 10 percent to 2.1 million hectares....

Post estimates that the decreasing trend in sorghum production in South Africa will continue in the 2018/19 MY.

Post projects milled rice production for MY 2018/19 at 1.45 million metric tons (MMT), unchanged from the April 2018 report.

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South Africa’s corn exports are projected to drop to 1 million tons in the 2018/19 MY, as post expects a decrease in commercial production, due to a cut in area planted.

Due to the climatic challenges, Post estimates that Zimbabwe’s corn area harvested decreased by 36 percent to 1.2 million hectares in the 2018/19 MY..

The hotel industry in Ghana grew rapidly over the past ten years, catering to an expansion of both business and tourism.

The Ethiopian government recently retendered for a third time to buy 400,000 tons of imported milling wheat for the country’s bread subsidy program.

Production for MY 2018/19 is projected at 1.45 million metric tons (MMT) based on minor increases to both area and yield.

Marketing year (MY) 2018/19 total area and rice production for Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, and Senegal is forecast at 2.4 million HA and 4.2 million MT assuming good weather....

Nigeria’s MY2018/19 wheat consumption is projected at 5 million tons, a 5 percent increase over last year’s.