Sorghum and cassava increasingly used in brewing across Africa There is a growing trend towards contract farming of cassava and other inputs to the brewing industry across Africa, where seven governments have e... 07/12/2014
Market integration in Central and East Africa for maize, rice and sorghum The World Bank has published a policy research paper assessing the “impediments to market integration in Central and Eastern Africa” for maize, ric... 24/11/2014
Tanzania looking for overseas markets for its maize surplus According to press reports at the end of August 2014, the government of Tanzania is planning to export part of its maize surplus to markets in the... 23/11/2014
Maize import trade impacts on Kenyan maize price According to reports in the East African press, imports of maize from neighbouring countries have led to maize prices in parts of the Rift Valley d... 16/11/2014
Scope for attracting informal cereals trade into the formal sector The World Bank has published a policy paper on the scope for improving informal cross-border trade in maize, rice and beans, proposing the establis... 05/11/2014
Challenge in Tanzania is to link maize surplus areas to markets In mid August 2014, the government of Tanzania “appealed to individual traders and agencies to buy and export surplus maize following bumper harves... 02/11/2014
Different approaches to promoting cassava processing and trade Recent press reports from Southern Africa and West Africa have highlighted the very different approaches that can be adopted in promoting cassava p... 17/10/2014
Kenyan NCPB to be restructured amid shortcomings of current operations In June 2014 it was reported that Kenya’s National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) was failing to buy maize from farmers because of “Sh 5.9 billio... 03/10/2014
Debate intensifies on Kenyan maize imports According to FAO, cereal production in Eastern Africa is expected to have increased by 0.9% between 2012 and 2014, with a projected annual increase... 03/10/2014
Overview of cereals availability in sub-Saharan Africa In July 2014 FAO reported in its Crop Prospects and Food Situation that prospects for global cereals production had further improved, to a projecte... 03/10/2014