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Nigeria’s wheat consumption continues to increase as prices of other major locally grown staples remain higher than those for wheat products.

Beans have been historically one of the most important agricultural products in the southwest region of the Dominican Republic, and also an important part of the Dominican diet.

South Africa serves as the perfect entry point to doing business in the Sub-Saharan African region.

For MY 2017/18, total area and production levels for West Africa are estimated to increase 2.75 percent to 2.95 million 480 lb. bales assuming good weather and strong farm gate prices.

Ethiopia recently announced a tender for 400,000 metric tons of milling wheat to be used for humanitarian assistance purposes in the country.

This is Post`s first report on the South African blueberry industry.

The Angolan Government made more foreign exchange (forex) injections available in 2017 to combat the high inflation and reduced food availability due to lack of forex since mid-2015.

The South African sugar industry is expected to recover from the previous seasons’ drought following the normal rainfall and weather patterns in the 2017/18 MY.

For Marketing Year 2017/2018 (MY17/18), Post forecasts overall production to be higher than MY16/17, at 590,000 MT due to favorable weather conditions.