Agriculture & Food Security
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Tanzania bets big on cassava, unveils 2030 strategy to increase hectarage by 550%
Tanzania-The Tanzanian Government under the Ministry of Agriculture is implementing a sustainable cassava strategy targeting a 550% increase in hectarage of improved cassava seed variety…
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South Africa’s sugar sector forecasts higher sales, calls for exemption from HPL
SOUTH-AFRICA-The South African sugar sector forecasts meeting local sales of 300,000 tonnes as it marked year 3 under the all-important Sugarcane Value Chain Master plan…
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Ella Lakes, IITA partner to exploit opportunities in Nigeria’s US$780 million soybean market
NIGERIA- Adani Staple Crop Processing Zone Food Company Limited, a subsidiary of Ella Lakes Plc, has partnered with International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in…
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Egypt to import 4M tonnes of wheat in 2023 to support bread subsidy program
EGYPT-Egypt, the world’s largest importer of wheat, is planning to import 4 million tonnes of wheat to meet its annual production of subsidized bread. The…
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Zambia intensifies campaign to recruit more farmers into rice production to meet local demand
ZAMBIA- The government of Zambia, under the Market Oriented Rice Development Project (MOReDeP), is on course to meet a target of farmers in the quest…