Agriculture & Food Security
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Kenya spent nearly US$342M on Russia-Ukraine imports in the first half of 2023-KNBS
KENYA – Data by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) in the recently released official report showed that expenditure on imports from Russia and Ukraine splashed a record-high…
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Family Bank, Digifarm collaborates to support smallholder maize farmers in Kenya
KENYA – Through a financing agreement between Family Bank and DigiFarm, smallholder maize farmers in Embu County are set to benefit from access to digital credit…
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Futurelife inaugurates US$3.9M manufacturing facility in the Dube TradePort SEZ
SOUTH AFRICA – Futurelife, a South African health foods manufacturer wholly owned by food and beverage company PepsiCo South Africa, has inaugurated its cutting-edge manufacturing…
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Rice farmers in Uganda reaping big from climate-smart agricultural methods
UGANDA – Rice farmers in Uganda are reaping big from a three-year project dubbed Enhancement of rice productivity through adaptation of climate-smart Agricultural Options and…
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One Acre Fund partners RICA to launch state-of-the-art seed centre in Rwanda
RWANDA – One Acre Fund, in partnership with Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (RICA) has launched the construction of a state-of-the-art seed centre to help…