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Agriculture & Food Security
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Uganda taps maize for biofuel as government seals partnership with Bukona Agro Processors
The programme will enable over 10,000 smallholder farmers from Nwoya District to supply 30,000 tonnes of maize annually
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AfDB approves US$9.44M grant to boost climate resilience rice production in West Africa
The project seeks to support over 11,000 farmers, 45% of whom are women and 60% youth.
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Tanzania launches 1 million tonne fertilizer plant to boost self-reliance
The facility is operated by ITRACOM Fertilizers, a Burundian company, and currently employs 1,500 workers.
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ZMX-GMAZ partnership to boost grain trade, farmer financing in Zimbabwe
The partnership seeks to boost the adoption of warehouse receipt financing in a bid to boost farmers’ income.
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Indian researchers unlock rice’s phosphate efficiency through CRISPR innovation
By removing a specific repressor binding site in the promoter of a gene called OsPHO1;2, the scientists increased its activity to absorbed more phosphate from the soil