AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS
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Food systems experts want state to ease restrictions on circulation of indigenous seeds in Kenya
KENYA – Stakeholders in the food system value chain have called for a review of the Seed and Plant Varieties Act to allow farmers to…
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Angola relaunches ‘Planagrão’ with target to meet 229,000 tonnes annual wheat demand
ANGOLA – Angola has relaunched the National Plan for the Promotion of Grain Production (Planagrão) in a bid to speed up the wheat production target…
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Zimbabwe scraps duty on imported fertilizer ahead of summer cropping season
ZIMBABWE – The government of Zimbabwe has suspended duty on fertilizer imports allowing approved and regulated traders to bring in fertilizer duty-free to ensure adequate supplies…
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Protect us from exploitation by middlemen: Kenyan maize farmers urge govt
KENYA – Maize farmers in North Rift have lamented over the price of maize which they say has dropped drastically over the past few days,…
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Nigeria to produce 875,000MT of wheat under the NAGS-AP project
NIGERIA – Nigeria plans to produce 875,000 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat for the country’s food reserve on over 70,000 hectares across the wheat-producing zones…