AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS
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KEBS to partner with researchers in taming Basmati rice adulteration in Kenyan markets
KENYA – The Kenyan Bureau of Standards (KEBS) is working with researchers and industry players to tame rising cases of fake basmati rice. This is…
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Ethiopia, IFAD signs US$106.4M grant agreement to boost sustainable agriculture
ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed a grant agreement of US$106.4 million for the implementation of the participatory Agriculture…
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Morocco’s OCP and Ghanaian Government finally in initial studies for US$1.3 million fertilizer plant
GHANA- Morocco-based multinational OCP Group and Ghana’s government have completed the front-end engineering design (FEED)- the initial studies- for the construction of a US$1.3 billion…
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Kenyans anticipate maize meal price drop to Kes140 on expectation that imports will reach the country in 10 days
KENYA- The agriculture ministry has once again said the price of maize meal will drop in 10 days as 150,000 metric tonnes of maize imports…
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About 73 tonnes of ‘toxic’ cereals from plagued Mukumu Girls’ High School to be destroyed
KENYA – The county government of Kakamega is set to incinerate seventy-three tonnes of contaminated maize and beans from Mukumu Girls’ High School, which was…