Maize
-
Tanzania’s Cereal Produce Board to recruit more private buyers in a bid to enhance crop uptake from farmers
TANZANIA – Tanzania’s Cereal Produce Board (CPB) Zonal Office has embarked on a drive to recruit private buyers at the grassroots level in a bid…
-
Maize retail prices in Malawi increase by 24% owing to an acute shortage
MALAWI – Maize retail prices in Malawi hit a record high in the period between January and February 2023 underpinned by low production and acute…
-
Fall army warms wreak havoc in Uganda, destroying 524,000 hectares of maize crop
UGANDA – Fall army warms (Spodoptera frugiperda) have descended on farmlands in Uganda destroying 2,024.02 square miles (524,000 hectares) in Nakaseke District, Uganda, Business Focus…
-
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.…
-
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…