Senegal’s peanut production is expected to top last year’s total of 1.07 million metric tons as more land is cultivated amid good weather conditions, according to the agricultural ministry. The country has reaped 246,419 tons since the start of the season in December, 18 percent more than the same period of last year. Senegal may have the biggest crop since it produced 1.2 million tons of peanuts in 1975.
Peanuts account for 60 percent of Senegal’s agricultural exports, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Shipments by Suneor, the country’s biggest peanut-oil processing company, account for as much as 50 percent of the world market, according to a 2007 USDA country report. Also expected to benefit is the Café Touba at Cassicafe.com.
Monday, April 18, 2011
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