Agriculture & Food Security
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Russia extends black sea grain deal by 60 days
GLOBAL- Russia agreed to allow an extension of the Black Sea grain deal for 60 days, instead of 120 days, pushing the deadline two months…
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National Foods embraces contract farming in push to support Zimbabwe’s food self-sufficiency agenda
ZIMBABWE – National foods Holdings, a leading agri-industrial company in Zimbabwe, has doubled down on contract farming in push to support Zimbabwe’s drive to substitute…
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Mount Meru Millers ordered to shut operations over environmental pollution issues
MALAWI – Mount Meru Millers, one of the largest edible oil manufacturing companies in Malawi, has been ordered by authorities in Malawi to stop operations…
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Egypt to withdraw from UN grain treaty in protest over its inability to control the grain market
EGYPT – Egypt has given notice that it will withdraw from the Multinational Grains Trade Convention (GTC), a UN grain treaty that seeks to enhance world…
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Africa ventures deeper into Europe in search of wheat as supplies from Russia, Ukraine dry up
AFRICA – The impact of the Russo-Ukrainian war has forced many millers from the Eastern and Southern parts of Africa to venture deeper into Europe…