Agriculture & Food Security
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Kenya earmarks US$ 600M for National Food Reserve to cushion against food shortages
KENYA – The government of Kenya plans to set aside KES 79.9 billion (US$ 600M) annually for the National Food Reserve to cushion against perennial…
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FAO spearheads adoption of new rice production technology in Tanzania in push to raise yields and boost farmer incomes
TANZANIA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through funding from the European Union (EU), has embarked on training farmers on…
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Morocco scraps VAT on agricultural inputs to halt inflation
MOROCCO – The Moroccan government adopted a decree canceling the value-added tax (VAT) on agriculture inputs in a bid to lower food prices. According to…
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TARI to construct state-of-the-art warehouses to boost the professional storage of seeds
TANZANIA – The Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) plans to construct five warehouses with state- of- art Cold Rooms (CR) to help facilitate the professional…
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Norway invests US$58m into project aimed at developing new stress-tolerant finger millet varieties in East Africa
EAST AFRICA –The East African finger millet breeding has received a boost from the Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihood, And Development (BOLD) aimed at developing new…