Farmers in Chiredzi district did not grow sesame under Sidella Trading contract in 2016/17 season; they only grew it in 2014/15. Some of the farmers stopped producing sesame because they failed to secure a market since Sidella Trading did not come back after maturity...
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Farming
Ariston Holdings: The Farming Kingdom
Ariston business interests span a variety of crops including tea, macadamia, banana, apples, peaches, potatoes, tomatoes, peas, maize, soya beans and it has poultry and beef cattle. The operations of the tea growing units are fully integrated with the Blended Tea...
The Agriconomy of South Africa
South Africa is a diverse agricultural economy made up of 40,000 commercial farms according to the recently published Census of Commercial Agriculture (CoCA) of 2017 Report. An agricultural powerhouse that feeds Africa, its economic health affects many other countries...
The Coffee Economy
(Zambia) - Coffee, just like copper, is a Zambian economic strength, that, if fully exploited, will not only grow the economy, but carve a space in the global economy for the country as does copper production. Zambia is a coffee producing country with the potential to...
Beefy Exports: Opening Up the Beef and Meat by Products Industry
According to FAO, the world has 1.468 billion head of cattle, and Botswana has 2.5 million of that herd, and it is estimated to account for less than 2% of Botswana's GDP. On the other hand, Botswana is a cattle country dating back to pre-colonialism, and its...
Djibouti’s Sovereign wealth fund — value-chain opening the business case for investors
Djibouti’s sovereign wealth fund targets logistics and energy, the cold-chain backbone. Fikiria traces the food value chain and the inclusion test.
HIPC decision point in Somalia — value-chain opening what comes next across the region
Somalia’s HIPC decision point on 25 March 2020 could finance the storage, processing and rural finance that let its farmers capture more of their value.
Tanzania’s Twiga mining partnership — asset and corridor map the business case to test
Tanzania’s Twiga Minerals restart reopens a captive food market in the goldfields – can farmers and rural finance capture the value or not.
Kigali financial centre in Rwanda — value-chain opening — why it matters for investors
Can Kigali’s financial centre reach the farm? How structured capital could fund processing and storage, where value leaks, and who captures the gain.



