Agriculture & Food Security
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Kenya receives 30,000 tonnes of wheat from Ukraine as developing maize crop falls prey to fall armyworms
KENYA – Kenya has received 30,000 metric tonnes of wheat from Ukraine as part of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s ‘Grain from Ukraine’ (GfU) humanitarian program.…
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Mali inaugurates modern rice paddy hulling unit in Mopti in a bid to achieve self-sufficiency
MALI – Malian Prime Minister Choguel Maïga has inaugurated a paddy rice processing unit in Mopti, a regional project envisioned to give a boost to…
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Nigeria develops new climate-smart sorghum and pearl millet varieties
NIGERIA – Farmers in tropical Nigeria are set for for better days following the development of new varieties of sorghum and millet with better nutrition,…
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Indian millers’ group wants the wheat export ban to continue
INDIA -The Roller Flour Millers’ Federation of India president says the country’s ban on wheat exports since May last year successfully lowered prices and should…
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Kenya allows importation of additional 500,000 tonnes of duty-free maize and rice
KENYA – The government of Kenya has endorsed the importation of additional 500,000 tonnes of white duty-free maize and 500,000 tonnes of rice to cushion…