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Africa crop intelligence

One searchable crop catalogue for the continent.

Browse 84 widely cultivated food, cash, horticultural and forage crops, with priority disease names and regional filters.

84 crops match · showing 24

Filter by common cultivation region; local presence still needs country-level confirmation.

Cereal

Maize

Zea mays

North · West · Central · East · Southern

Maize streak disease • Gray leaf spot • Northern corn leaf blight

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Cereal

Rice

Oryza sativa / Oryza glaberrima

North · West · Central · East · Southern

Rice blast • Bacterial leaf blight • Rice yellow mottle disease

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Cereal

Wheat

Triticum species

North · East · Southern

Stem rust • Stripe rust • Septoria tritici blotch

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Cereal

Sorghum

Sorghum bicolor

West · Central · East · Southern

Anthracnose • Grain mold • Covered kernel smut

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Cereal

Pearl millet

Cenchrus americanus

West · Central · East · Southern

Downy mildew • Pearl millet blast • Ergot

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Cereal

Finger millet

Eleusine coracana

East · Central · Southern

Finger millet blast • Leaf spot • Head smut

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Cereal

Teff

Eragrostis tef

East

Teff rust • Head smudge • Damping-off

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Cereal

Barley

Hordeum vulgare

North · East · Southern

Stripe rust • Net blotch • Powdery mildew

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Cereal

Oats

Avena sativa

North · East · Southern

Crown rust • Stem rust • Powdery mildew

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Cereal

Fonio

Digitaria exilis / Digitaria iburua

West

Grain mold • Leaf spot • Blast

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Root & tuber

Cassava

Manihot esculenta

West · Central · East · Southern

Cassava mosaic disease • Cassava brown streak disease • Cassava bacterial blight

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Root & tuber

Yam

Dioscorea species

West · Central · East

Yam anthracnose • Yam mosaic disease • Dry rot

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Root & tuber

Sweet potato

Ipomoea batatas

West · Central · East · Southern

Sweet potato virus disease • Alternaria leaf blight • Black rot

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Root & tuber

Potato

Solanum tuberosum

North · West · Central · East · Southern

Late blight • Bacterial wilt • Potato virus diseases

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Root & tuber

Taro

Colocasia esculenta

West · Central · East

Taro leaf blight • Soft rot • Dasheen mosaic disease

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Root & tuber

Cocoyam

Xanthosoma sagittifolium

West · Central · East

Root rot • Bacterial leaf blight • Leaf spot

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Root & tuber

Enset

Ensete ventricosum

East

Enset bacterial wilt • Corm rot • Leaf spot

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Pulse

Cowpea

Vigna unguiculata

West · Central · East · Southern

Cowpea bacterial blight • Anthracnose • Cowpea mosaic diseases

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Pulse

Common bean

Phaseolus vulgaris

North · West · Central · East · Southern

Angular leaf spot • Bean anthracnose • Bean common mosaic disease

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Pulse

Soybean

Glycine max

West · Central · East · Southern

Soybean rust • Bacterial pustule • Frogeye leaf spot

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Pulse

Groundnut

Arachis hypogaea

North · West · Central · East · Southern

Groundnut rosette disease • Early and late leaf spot • Groundnut rust

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Pulse

Pigeon pea

Cajanus cajan

West · Central · East · Southern

Fusarium wilt • Sterility mosaic disease • Phytophthora blight

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Pulse

Chickpea

Cicer arietinum

North · East · Southern

Fusarium wilt • Ascochyta blight • Root rot

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Pulse

Lentil

Lens culinaris

North · East

Fusarium wilt • Ascochyta blight • Lentil rust

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Reference framework

Structured around recognized crop groups and African subregions.

The coverage model follows FAO crop groupings and major products cultivated across North, West, Central, East and Southern Africa. Disease names are screening priorities only and must be confirmed locally.