{"id":6499,"date":"2019-05-14T14:15:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T11:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/?p=6499"},"modified":"2019-05-14T14:46:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T11:46:42","slug":"an-eagles-view-on-africas-grain-markets-week-ending-11th-may-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/?p=6499","title":{"rendered":"An Eagle\u2019s View on Africa\u2019s Grain Markets Week Ending 11th May 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"912\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Njahi-Wholesale-Price-Analysis-Graph-1.gif\" alt=\"Dolichos Wholesale Price Comparisons\" class=\"wp-image-6502\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Week\u2019s Market Analysis<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The price of Dolichos has drastically increased because of the commodity\u2019s shortage in Tanzania, caused by delayed rainfall in the East Africa Region.&nbsp; <\/li><li>Nairobi is currently experiencing a huge shortage of Dolichos, coupled with increasingly high wholesale prices of the commodity.&nbsp; <\/li><li>The price of Green Grams has also drastically increased from Ksh95($0.95)\/kg to Ksh150(UD$1.50)\/kg, a result of delayed rainfalls, and diminishing supply of the commodity in the market.<\/li><li>Kenya is currently experiencing a huge shortage of both white and red groundnuts, an excellent business opportunity for groundnut suppliers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Week\u2019s Market Prices for Selected African Markets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Market-Price-Select-Africa-Markets-2-1024x272.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6508\" width=\"708\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Market-Price-Select-Africa-Markets-2-1024x272.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Market-Price-Select-Africa-Markets-2-300x80.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Market-Price-Select-Africa-Markets-2-768x204.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Market-Price-Select-Africa-Markets-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><figcaption><em>Table 1 Market Prices for a few Select African Markets for the Week Ending 11th May 2019.  <\/em><br><em>US$1=Ksh100* (Kindly note the exchange rate is an estimate)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Author; Fostina Mani, Betta Grains. <a href=\"mailto:Fostina.Mani@bettagrains.com\">Fostina.Mani@bettagrains.com<\/a>, Twitter: @FostinaMani. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Acknowledgment:&nbsp; The data used for the analysis has been obtained from; IAM, Government of Kenya, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock &amp; Fisheries, Government of Tanzania, Ministry of Trade and Industry, EAGC, RATIN, Farm Gain Uganda, Knoema, FEWS NET, AHCX, &nbsp;&amp; Betta Grains.&nbsp; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Disclaimer. <\/em><em>The purpose of the analysis, is simply to provide an indication of the\nAfrica Regional Markets to SMEs, Smallholder Farmers, and Other Stakeholders in\na manner and language that is applicable, simple, and easy to understand. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a9Betta Grains 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Week\u2019s Market Analysis The price of Dolichos has drastically increased because of the commodity\u2019s shortage in Tanzania, caused by delayed rainfall in the East Africa Region.&nbsp; Nairobi is currently experiencing a huge shortage of Dolichos, coupled with increasingly high wholesale prices of the commodity.&nbsp; The price of Green Grams &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/?p=6499\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,23,175,27,22,28,25,24,29,30,173,26,174],"tags":[250,251,259,258,261,260,257,256,181,293,288,150,218,289,254,238,194,269,236,255,95,291,214,158,271,92,190,219,159,287,227,253,248,161,294,249,213,119,313,263,265,208,211,252,247,279,268,285,193,276,274,278,262,41,284,297,286,277,270,47,273,32,237,64,280,264,296,266,282,42,272,283,60,292,206,155,154,164,177,152,281,187,275,120,235,73,290,234,63,189,178,62,267,188,311,312,216,191,186,295],"class_list":["post-6499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-corn","category-east-africa","category-milled-flour-products","category-grains","category-green-grams","category-legumes","category-maize","category-nuts","category-peas","category-regional","category-rice","category-trade","tag-eatrade","tag-foodsecurity","tag-kahama","tag-kilombero","tag-mbeya","tag-morogoro","tag-trade_kenya","tag-zambia","tag-africa","tag-animal","tag-arusha","tag-beans","tag-betta","tag-bjumbura","tag-botswana","tag-bran","tag-burundi","tag-busia","tag-cake","tag-cashewnuts","tag-cassava","tag-chic","tag-congo","tag-cowpeas","tag-cyanika","tag-dolichos","tag-drc","tag-eagc","tag-east","tag-eldoret","tag-ethiopia","tag-exporters","tag-exports","tag-farmers","tag-feeds","tag-fewsnet","tag-flow","tag-food","tag-fsd","tag-gatuna","tag-goma","tag-grains","tag-imported","tag-importers","tag-imports","tag-iringa","tag-isebania","tag-isiolo","tag-juba","tag-kamaniola","tag-kamanyola","tag-kamembe","tag-kasumbalesa","tag-kenya","tag-kimironko","tag-knoema","tag-likasi","tag-lira","tag-lwakhakha","tag-maize-2","tag-malaba","tag-market","tag-meal","tag-millet","tag-mombasa","tag-mpondwe","tag-musanze","tag-mutukula","tag-mwanza","tag-nairobi","tag-namanga","tag-ngozi","tag-njahi","tag-pea","tag-peas","tag-pigeon-peas","tag-prices","tag-regional-agricultural-trade-intelligence-network","tag-regional","tag-rice","tag-rubavu","tag-rwanda","tag-sange","tag-security","tag-seed","tag-sorghum","tag-soya","tag-sunflower","tag-suppliers","tag-tanzania","tag-trade","tag-traders","tag-tunduma","tag-uganda","tag-united-states-department-of-agricutlure","tag-usda","tag-volumes","tag-wheat","tag-yellow","tag-zamura"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6499"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6509,"href":"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6499\/revisions\/6509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bettagrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}