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Ethiopia considers fruit crops as being high-value strategic, agricultural export commodities.

Post forecasts that South Africa’s chicken meat imports will increase marginally by 2 percent in 2019 to 525,000 tons.

While Southern African countries generally adopt Codex standards, there are concerns that many are missing the opportunity to shape or influence these standards due to their poor attendance....

Post forecasts MY 2018/19 (August to July) area for Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Senegal at 1.71 million hectares (HA), a 0.9 percent increase from the previous year....

Approximately five to ten years ago, mid- and upscale restaurants in Dakar primarily catered to expatriates and tourists. Today, according to contacts, the growing Senegalese....

The South African Government through the Deputy President confirmed collaboration with organized agriculture on land reform at a land summit on August 23 and 24, 2018.

South Africa produced a historical-high summer oilseed crop of 2.5 million tons in the 2017/18 MY with a further increase in oilseed production projected for the 2018/19 MY to 2.6 million tons.

The recent outbreak of Avian Influenza in Europe, coupled with anti-dumping duties and the recent rise in the import tariffs of broiler meat will escalate local poultry meat consumer prices.

Nigeria’s wheat demand continues to rise and is attracting more third-country suppliers of inexpensive wheat. Imports for 2013/2014 have been adjusted to 4.55 million metric tons.

While South Africa is an exporter of agricultural products, it remains a viable market for U.S. sales, particularly of high-value, consumer-oriented products.

South Africa is a promising market for United States wood and wood products.

This report provides a brief overview of the agricultural situation in Zimbabwe.