Agriculture & Food Security
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Tanzania to install 25 cassava processing plants as a strategy to boost local production and market
TANZANIA – The Cereals and Other Produce Board (CPB) has identified 25 areas where it will build cassava processing facilities, as part of efforts to…
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Sharjah’s ‘Sabaa Sanabel’ wheat becomes the first national product to get ‘Made in the UAE’ mark
UAE – “Sabaa Sanabel” flour, made from wheat indigenously produced in the Emirate of Sharjah, has clinched a new label becoming the first national product…
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Rice processing in Tanzania receives a boost following the introduction of new processing technology, Colour Sorter
TANZANIA – Tanzania has received a new rice sorting technology known as Colour Sorter from a Japanese company, Satake to boost rice production and processing…
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Maize crop at risk from devastating fall armyworm pest resurgence , FAO warns
KENYA – African Armyworm, a destructive pest, has resurfaced in six Eastern African countries, including Kenya, prompting an alert from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).…
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Tanzanian Seed Agency installs a modern seed-processing plant to bolster production of improved seed varieties
TANZANIA – The Tanzanian Seed Agency (TSA) has installed an 800mn/ (US$335,213) seed processing plant in its Morogoro-based Msimba seed farm to boost production of…