Rice
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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.…
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Mali inaugurates modern rice paddy hulling unit in Mopti in a bid to achieve self-sufficiency
MALI – Malian Prime Minister Choguel Maïga has inaugurated a paddy rice processing unit in Mopti, a regional project envisioned to give a boost to…
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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…
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Rwanda secures grant from Japan to boost rice production
RWANDA – Rwanda has received a US$74,138 grant from the Japanese government for the construction of Cyaruhogo marshland irrigation systems aimed to boost rice production…
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IFC, agCelerant, and Bank of Africa invest US$ 7.2M to boost rice production in Senegal
SENEGAL – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) in partnership with agCelerant and Bank of Africa has invested US$ 7.2 million in a bid to boost…