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The Agricultural Economic Fact Sheet for South Africa has been updated to include calendar years 2014, 2015 and 2016 (estimate). South Africa is battling one of the worst droughts ever recorded...

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently hosted five Ethiopian food companies on a two day mission to Kampala to learn from a leading Ugandan food processor about producing and marketing...

Post forecasts that the South African sugar cane crop will remain flat at 14.9 MMT in the 2016/17 MY as a result of the prevailing drought conditions.

Post forecasts that South Africa’s broiler meat imports will increase by eight percent in 2017 to 560,000 tons...

Post forecasts that South Africa’s broiler meat imports will increase by eight percent in 2017 to 560,000 tons...

With a population of 25.8 million people and a growing retail sector, Angola is an attractive export market for U.S. agricultural products. Current U.S. agriculture exports are concentrated...

The Government of Ethiopia and international partners continue to work together to respond to the drought-related humanitarian needs.

Ethiopia’s food safety regime is in the process of transitioning to become a more modern and effective system.

Dr. Gregory L. Parham, USDA’s Assistant Secretary for Administration, recently visited Ethiopia where he opened the 3rd Pan African Conference on SPS Risk Analysis.

MY2015/16 seed cotton production in Burkina Faso, Mali, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Chad combined, are expected to drop 10 percent compared to the initial target due to a late start of the rainy season

South Africa should return as a net exporter of corn in the 2016/17 MY with about one million tons on higher production.

Post forecasts that the raisin production will increase by four percent to 51,000 MT in the 2016/17 MY, from 49,000 MT in the 2015/16 MY based on the increase in area production.