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The regional harvested area for Marketing Year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast to rise 17 percent at 1.38 million hectares (MHA) compared to the previous year based on expectations of good farm gate prices and improved security and stability in many cotton-growing areas.

South Africa’s corn crop in marketing year 2023/24 has been affected by an El Niño induced mid-summer drought, resulting in an expected drop of more than 15 percent in crop volume.

The South African ports have been overwhelmed with challenges in the past few years, causing delays in operations and financial losses. In 2022, the Container Port Performance Index by the World Bank ranked the port of Durban 341 out of 348 ports in the world and the Port of Cape Town was ranked 344.

Ghana continues to demonstrate its conviction that proven science-based advanced technologies remain viable options in the global efforts to achieve food security in the face of various production constraints like climate change.

FAS Nairobi forecasts Kenya's corn production will remain unchanged year-on-year in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at 3.7 million metric tons (MT) due to similar growing conditions, area harvested, and input availability.

On February 21, 2024, The Government of Rwanda (GoR) published a new biosafety law providing requirements for the transit and utilization of living modified organisms (LMOs) produced through modern biotechnology techniques. This law enters effect immediately.

Due to rising insecurity in grain producing regions and higher input costs affecting planting decisions, corn and rice production is expected to decline in marketing year (MY) 2024/25.

This report provides technical import requirements and regulations for food and agricultural products currently required by the Government of Kenya (GOK)...

Tanzania’s coffee production will increase to 1.15 million bags in the marketing year (MY) 2017/2018, from 1.05 million bags in MY 2016/2017, primarily due to the biennial bearing cycle.

Angola’s wheat milling capacity is expected to grow over the next several years, with the opening of two new mills and increased production at two existing mills.

This report provides a list of Senegalese law firms offering legal assistance in commercial matters.

On April 10, 2017, the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa announced that it has initiated a sunset review of the anti-dumping duties on frozen bone-in chicken from the U.S.