In September, Beijing approved imports of blueberries from Zimbabwe for the first time. It had given the green light in June to Gambian groundnuts and cashews. Ethiopian soybean meal, a protein-rich byproduct of crushed beans mainly used to feed poultry and pigs, just got its first go-ahead to enter the Chinese market too.
To Africa’s 54 countries and the international investors jostling to fund their next wave of agricultural projects, these seemingly minor bureaucratic decisions sent a loud message: US President