IFC and OCP Group, the world’s largest phosphate-based fertilizer producer, today announced a partnership through a landmark green loan to build four solar plants to power OCP’s Morocco operations to reduce the company’s carbon footprint and help green its fertilizer production. Under the agreement, announced during the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group Spring Meetings in […]
Ten formerly homeless people have been employed by the project through the U-turn Homeless Service Centre The Living Roots SA Plant Nursery was launched in Claremont, Cape Town by the U-turn Homeless Service Centre on Monday. The nursery, which stocks indigenous plants, is run by formerly homeless people. Part of the project is being funded […]
Nairobi — Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has proposed tough regulations that if passed into law will see livestock rustlers imprisoned for life. In his proposed Bill on Prevention of Livestock and Produce Theft Bill, the second-term Senator wants offenders found guilty of using violence in the course of stealing livestock to be sentenced to life […]
The President, National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN), Mr. Joseph Ajanaku, has stated that Nigeria could earn over $2.7 billion on annual basis by increasing its production capacity to about 1 million metric tonnes per year. Ajanuka who stated this during a telephone interview with THISDAY said Nigeria’s current production, which stands at about 350,000 […]
THE Food Federation and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe (FFAWUZ) has bemoaned the local market’s failure to supply 41 600 tonnes of fish required by the local market annually amid calls for encouraging investments in the sector to bolster economic growth. Addressing delegates at the just-ended Seafood Workers Division Conference held in the Nordic Island […]
The Minister, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, has pledged to support the Imo State University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Umuagwo, with farm equipment, accessories and grants to enhance economic growth. The Minister made the pledge during a courtesy visit by the Acting. Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor […]
Monrovia — Eggs, a major source of protein for the Liberian population, are now scarce and expensive. A single egg is sold at the same price as a cup of rice, and for many Liberian families, it is not worth buying an egg when they can buy a cup of rice for the same price […]
FARMERS in Kongwa District of Dodoma Region have been advised to abandon outdated traditional farming and go for modern methods to maximise productivity. Kongwa District Commissioner (DC), Mr Remidius Emanuel, issued the advice during a one day training on improving output by using agricultural machines and increasing financial knowledge. “Agriculture is currently the first agenda […]
A total of 40 women with disabilities and refugees trained in climate smart agribusiness by Social Enterprise Ghana, were on Friday presented with start-up kits to enable them grow their own businesses. The programme under the Social Enterprise Ghana’s “investing in women in Green Venture” Project, is supported by the Australian High Commission’s Direct Aid […]
Food & Beverage West Africa, already the continent’s largest food and drink trade exhibition, is set to expand into new space at the Landmark Centre in June with exhibitors from more than 30 countries already confirmed. Such has been the demand for exhibition space, the show’s organisers are working with the Landmark Centre on Victoria […]
Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) recently licensed Cavendish Lloyd Tobacco to contract and support manufacture of shisha, a less hazardous type of tobacco. Shisha is a combustible tobacco that has low nicotine content and will be produced locally with lucrative markets in Europe and Africa. In a statement, TIMB said: “We have licensed Cavendish […]
Over N1.5 billion worth of tomato plantations is said to have been destroyed by the recent attack of tuta absoluta, a tomato pest that is described as one of the most devastating insects affecting tomato crops. Speaking to Daily Trust on the update of the pests attack, state chairman of the Tomato Out Growers Association […]
— According to Deputy Agriculture Minister for Administration Precious K. Tetteh, the government did not appropriate money for the fair in the current national budget for agriculture. The Deputy Agriculture Minister for Administration, Precious Tetteh has disclosed that the holding of the 2023 annual National Agricultural Fair for Liberia will not be possible due to […]
Nairobi — Alego Usonga Constituency Member of Parliament Samuel Atandi intends to introduce a Bill on the amendment of excise duty on imported fish at the rate of 20 per cent of the customs value. The MP voiced this Bill, Friday, through a legislative proposal addressed to the speaker of the National assembly Moses Wetangula […]
Satara, Niger — In the bustling village of Satara, Niger, Haruna Badjie was once just another farmer struggling to make a living in the face of environmental and ecological crises. Climate change had ravaged the once-fertile landscapes, leaving them barren and unproductive. For Haruna and many others, the only hope for a better life lay […]
The trade and industrialisation ministry (MIT), in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), has invited interest from national, regional and continental private entities to operate an invader bush processing plant. Through a project, called ‘Promoting Sustainable Bush-Processing Value Chains in Namibia’, the collaborative effort seeks a private operator to manage the Otjiwarongo-based […]
A number of companies in Thailand have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) for rice production. These companies numbering about 10 are in the Thailand rice value chain, and it is in relation with the Ghana-Thailand Rice Project. The companies, which cut across the rice value chain, include […]
With the aim of encouraging people in Seychelles to have a breadfruit tree in their home garden to help in ensuring food security in the country, the Creative Seychelles Agency (CSA) organised the first Breadfruit Day on Saturday. The event was held at Domaine Val de Pres in the eastern district of Au Cap on […]