African fishermen, mostly from Senegal and Ivory Coast who work on dozens of European Union vessels that operate in West Africa and the Indian Ocean, took part in a strike that lasted from June 5-8, alleging wage violations. Around 40 vessels flying the European Union (EU) flag are allowed to fish in Seychelles waters under […]
Tag: Agribusiness
Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) Collen Zamba has called for increased investment and collaborative efforts to improve agribusiness industry in Malawi. Zamba made the call in Lilongwe when she presided over the launch for the 2023-2027 strategic plan for AGRA Malawi. She said agribusiness is a core driver of transformation is agri-industrialization because […]
Morogoro — ALLIANCE One Tobacco Tanzania Limited (AOTTL) said on Wednesday that it has paid 71.9 million US dollars (179.8bn/-) to farmers during the current season. The company has accomplished this at a time when farmers are complaining about delays in payments of money for their crops due to a shortage of the US dollar […]
AGRICULTURE Minister, Mr Hussein Bashe has been moved by the youths under the government’s Building a Better Tomorrow: Youth Initiative for Agribusiness (BBT-YIA) programme who have started harvesting and selling their produce from the farms. The youths have been selling their produce at the Bihawana Youth Training Centre in Dodoma. Speaking to some of the […]
THE chairperson of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi Women Wing (CWT), Ms Mary Chatanda has urged residents of Kilwa in Lindi region to protect construction project of the fishing port, whose completion will unleash economic potentials and create employments for them. Ms Chatanda made the remark recently when she visited Kilwa district to inspect the implementation […]
Dodoma — THE government requires 850,000 tonnes of fertiliser for 2023/24 farming season of which, 54 per cent is already in the country, Tanzania Fertiliser Regulatory Authority (TFRA) Managing Director, Dr Stephan Ngailo said on Monday. Speaking to reporters on the implementation of the TFRA plans and prospects for 2023/24 financial year, Dr Ngailo pointed […]
Aus — Following extreme cold weather conditions, farmers in the vicinity of Aus settlement in the //Kharas region lost up to 150 sheep and goats. The cold front was accompanied by strong winds and rains. New Era interviewed one of them, probing into what financial implications this dilemma could have on him. John Boois derives […]
MAIZE farmers are laughing all the way to bank as prices are rising despite increased supply from the onset of harvest season this year thanks to government initiatives to buy the crop at competitive prices. ‘Daily News’ survey in Morogoro, Mara and Dar es Salaam shows that maize prices have soared to between 800/- and […]
As farmers begin cropping activities, Bauchi, Gombe and Jigawa State governments have approved 50 per cent subsidy on fertiliser prices to ease access to the commodity. A check by the News Agency of Nigeria in Bauchi, Gombe and Jigawa showed that the sale of the commodity at the subsidised rate to the farmers had begun. […]
Following the recent severe floods, the Western Cape Department of Agriculture (WCDoA) on Thursday released an updated assessment of the estimated financial cost of the damage. A rapid assessment conducted during the period 26 to 30 June 2023 confirmed extensive damage to riverbanks, irrigation equipment, private roads and sediment over vineyards and fruit orchards. According […]
Harare — Ghana’s minister of interior can now issue permits for the cultivation of cannabis, but only for industrial purposes – the plants will have Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) limits. THC is the principal psychoactive constituent in cannabis – i.e. the part that makes you “high”. The law legalizing cultivating cannabis for industrial and medical uses was approved by […]
The Liberian Government through the Fisheries and Aquacultural Authorities and the Government of Ghana have signed a Technical and Scientific agreement to help boost fisheries in Liberia. Ghana’s Minister of Aquaculture and Development, Marvis Hawa Koomson said the agreement will help NaFAA to address technical and scientific challenges affecting the system. Madam Koomson furthered that […]
Addis Ababa — :-Ethiopia has secured more than 1.3 billion USD during the concluded budget year by exporting 240,000 tons of coffee. The nation’s plan was to secure 1.8 billion USD during the stated period. Despite all the challenges the coffee market faced at the global level, the revenue gained is almost closer to the […]
The International Trade Centre (ITC), in collaboration with the Farmers Union Network of Liberia (FUNL), started a week-long training program on the importance of cooperatives for coffee producers. The goal is to assist them in the process of creating coffee cooperatives in Liberia to boost revenues. The training started on July 4, 2023, in Gbarnga, […]
Namibia has placed more weight on agriculture and forestry as key sectors in which carbon credits can be traded in Namibia, as agricultural practices, such as conservation tillage and soil carbon sequestration, can remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the soil. Recent studies have found that forests take in about 30% of […]
Nairobi — The Kenya Union of Sugarcane Plantation Workers have called upon the government to allow millers to be part of the importation of sugar into the country so as to forestall laying off workers. The Union Secretary General Francis Wangara says millers are about to close their factories due to lack of raw material […]
Government has awarded contracts to 13 companies to supplies fertilizer under the 2023-2024 Affordable Input Programme (AIP), the Minister of Agriculture Sam Dalitso Kawale has disclosed. Kawale told Nyasa Times on Monday morning that the 13 companies will supply 149,164 metric tons of NPK and Urea fertilizer through the Smallholder Farmers Fertilizer Revolving Fund of […]
Nairobi — Government is looking into reexamining the classification of Miraa (Khat) as a harmful substance to facilitate its exclusion from adverse classification by anti-drug abuse agency, NACADA. Speaking Friday in Tigania Constituency on Friday, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said reclassification of Miraa is part of government’s commitment to scale the crop’s profitability. He guaranteed […]