date:May 25, 2016
aharan Africa to by 33m tonnes of wheat by the 2025-26 marketing year, Rabobank forecast, 4m tonnes more than North African countries.
Rising population, demand
While Egypt and Algeria are currently the world's biggest customers, importing 18m tonnes between them, a number of East and West African countries are growing in importance, largely driven by ongoing population growth and rising per capita consumption.
The latter two regions are expected to account for 71% of Africa's population g