Agriculture & Food Security
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Kenya’s maize supply in jeopardy as traditional trade partners find lucrative markets elsewhere
KENYA- Kenya might have to find new suppliers for maize imports as Uganda and Tanzania, the country’s traditional source markets find new lucrative buyers for…
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Zimbabwe forecasts higher soya bean production on greater adoption of Rhizobia inoculants
ZIMBABWE – Soyabean production is forecasted to increase following a growing hectarage and rising demand for Rhizobia inoculants as stated by the Chemistry and Soil…
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Golden Agri Inputs Limited receives US$1.23M investment to boost maize and soybean production in Nigeria
NIGERIA-Golden Agri – Inputs Limited (GAIL), a subsidiary of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN), has received 562.9 million naira (US$1.23M) in co-investment grants from…
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Angola to invest US$5.7B in 5 year plan to raise grain production to 6m tonnes
ANGOLA – Angola has announced plans to invest US$5.7 billion in various agriculture-focused projects under the National Plan for Grain Production dubbed PlanaGrao with an…
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Burkina Faso miller Agroserv receives US$14.5m investment to expand agro-processing plant
BURKINA FASO- Agroserv, a provider of sustainable agro-processing solutions in Burkina Faso, has received a €12.2 million (about US$14.5m) investment from social impact investor Oikocredit,…