Agriculture & Food Security
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Cyclone Freddy claims 2,000 hectares of crops in Mozambique as Zimbabwe donates 300 tonnes of maize meal to Malawian victims
MOZAMBIQUE – The floods brought by tropical cyclone Freddy to the central Mozambican province of Manica have caused the loss of almost 2,000 hectares of…
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Jospong Group enters deal with 10 Thai rice companies to boost rice production in Ghana
GHANA –The Jospong Group of Ghana (JGC), a diversified holding company, has partnered with several Thai rice industry companies to develop an integrated rice farming…
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Tanzanian cereals board to buy 20,000 tonnes of rice from farmers in the 2023/24 season
TANZANIA – The Tanzanian Cereal and Other Produce Board (CPB) plans to purchase and process 20,000 tonnes of rice from farmers in the upcoming 2023/2024…
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South Africa to produce 15.88M tonnes of corn in 2023: Crop Estimates Committee forecasts
SOUTH AFRICA – South African farmers are expected to harvest 2.65% more maize in the 2022/2023 season compared with the previous season, according to the…
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Syngenta launches crop protection center in Kenya to boost local food production
KENYA – Global agriculture firm Syngenta has launched a crop protection center, the first of its kind in Kenya, in a bid to offer various…