Agriculture & Food Security
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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…
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Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange reports low trade volumes as farmers hold onto their produce
ZIMBABWE – The Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX) is calling upon the government to open up the borders for soya bean and maize imports as the…
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AfDB partners University of Ghana to launch grain quality grading and certification Project
GHANA – The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the School of Agriculture of the University of Ghana (UG) have launched a Grain Quality Grading and…
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Kenya’s rice imports climbed nearly 120% in the first half of 2023
KENYA – Data by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has revealed that rice purchases reached a new record during the first half of 2023 surpassing the…
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Uganda sets policies to curb aflatoxin in agricultural produce
UGANDA – The Ugandan Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives has developed policies to combat aflatoxin in agricultural produce. Alfred Oyo Andima, the Secretary at…