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Last week most apple shipments from South Africa were still destined for the UK, but the focus is now increasingly on Africa and the Far East and Asia as EU …
Strong demand for South African apples in the Far East Read More
Although South Africa’s climate is ideal for kiwifruit production, attempts to establish a green kiwifruit industry in the early 1980s foundered due to the use of incorrect varieties and local …
Grabbing hold of the golden kiwifruit export market Read More
Despite enduring the worst drought in more than a decade SA’s agricultural sector recorded a positive trade balance of $2.3bn in 2016. The Agriculture Business Chamber (Agbiz), which represents commercial …
Farming exports up 6% despite severe drought Read More
An increase in the number of high and middle income earners in China has fuelled the desire for ‘exclusivity’. This trend has been dubbed the ‘premiumisation of Chinese consumerism’ – …
China’s love affair with wine, and how SA can benefit Read More
The government has signed a multimillion dollar deal with a Nigerian investor to revamp and develop the country’s potato industry and help make Rwanda a key producer and exporter of …
New project: How Rwanda plans to be a global potato exporter Read More
South Africa, a key citrus producer and global exporter, has witnessed its grapefruit exports rise from 9.5 million 15-kilogram cartons in 2006 to an estimated 14.8 million cartons in 2017. …
Factors Driving South African Grapefruit Export Growth in Asia Read More
A delegation of Chinese quarantine officials recently travelled to the African nation to inspect citrus plantations. Led by Dr Wu Jiajiao, an entomologist at the Guangdong Inspection Quarantine Technology Centre, …
Chinese inspectors visit Zimbabwe Read More
The Federal Government has been making efforts to diversify the country’s economy away from oil and gas as the sole foreign exchange earner. Government’s attention has since shifted to agriculture …
How NEXIM Bank is helping to boost agriculture, job creation in Nigeria – MD Read More
The government is moving to increase Ghana’s non-oil exports volumes to the United States from the current $12 million to $500 million by 2020, President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced. To …
Gov’t moves to increase exports under AGOA from $12m to $500m Read More
Ethiopia earned 271 million U.S. dollars from the exports of flower and horticulture products during the just concluded 2016-17 Ethiopian fiscal year, about 1.5% less than last Fiscal Year earnings, …
Ethiopia earns $271 million from flower and horticulture export Read More