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Many African countries have doubled the importation of agricultural food crops from outside the continent, even after the ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area. (Halden Krog/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Summer crop harvest forecasts down notably from last year

South Africa started the 2023-24 summer crop season with optimism, but the outlook is now lower because of the excessive heat and limited rainfall across major crop-growing regions

  • Des Erasmus
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