Kenya’s sugar regulator is mapping informal imports, trade routes and smuggling networks as rising local production coincides with concerns over revenue losses and market disruption.
Rwanda has intensified efforts against illegal alcohol production, destroying seized ethanol and expanding enforcement measures across the country’s beverage sector.
The monitoring group is seeking greater participation from businesses supplying Britain’s fresh potato market.
Record sugar inventories and expectations of another bumper crop have intensified calls for export approvals to support farmers and stabilise the market.
Fairtrade International has increased minimum coffee prices while maintaining existing premiums to strengthen farmer incomes and improve supply chain resilience.