Tests found some grain samples contained aflatoxin levels up to 50 times above the legal limit, renewing concerns about food safety and public health in Kenya.
Higher deliveries and expanded planting push Egypt closer to its goal of securing 5 million tonnes of local wheat this season.
Fresh Treasury correspondence shows Zimbabwe will maintain grain import levies despite an ongoing legal challenge from millers.
The renewed agreement builds on more than six decades of cooperation between Indonesia and IRRI as both sides seek to strengthen rice production, research capacity, and climate resilience.
Regional leaders and investors meet in Accra as ECOWAS pushes for funding to raise rice production and cut the region’s US$3.5 billion import bill.