Agriculture & Food Security
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Algeria opens up 200,000 hectares of state land to private investors to boost wheat production
ALGERIA – The Algerian National Agricultural Land Office (ONTA) plans to distribute more than 200,000 hectares of agricultural land to private investors in a bid…
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Millers risk losing duty-free licenses if they fail to import maize within seven days
KENYA – The Kenyan Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has given millers a one-week ultimatum to import maize or have their duty-free importation licenses revoked,…
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AfDB invests US$ 20M to boost cereals and oilseeds production in Madagascar
MADAGASCAR- The African Development Bank (AFDB) in partnership with the government of Madagascar has launched a US$ 20 million Emergency Food Production Reinforcement Project, envisioned…
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USDA projects 62% dip in Egypt’s soybean imports for MY 2022/23 in the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine war
EGYPT – Egypt’s oilseed imports in MY2022/23 would drop by 62% following the repercussions of the war between Russia and Ukraine according to a report…
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India to donate 10,000mt wheat to Afghanistan amid an acute food crisis
INDIA – The Government of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to deliver humanitarian assistance…