Nyeri — Coffee farmers in the Mt Kenya region want the Kenya Kwanza government to open up marketing of the crop through the scrapping of the Nairobi coffee exchange and allowing farmers to deal directly with buyers. Speaking during a farmers’ field day at Ndaroini coffee factory in Mathira, the farmers said that the so-called […]
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The Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, Hon Calle Schlettwein called for intensified collaboration among sectors to ensure sustainable water supply and to safeguard the country’s freshwater resources. Schlettwein highlighted the growing challenge faced by Namibia in managing freshwater resources sustainably due to the increasing demand for water resulting from population growth, socioeconomic development, […]
Nairobi — Taxpayers are poised to cough Sh269 million to pay the Cereal Millers Association (CMA) as part of increasing accrued interest in the maize subsidy programme. The government has failed to pay the millers a Sh2.5 billion balance for supplying maize flour at a subsidized price due to the maize shortage that led prices […]
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Foreign Exchange Auction this week allotted a total US$20 million amid expectations that the commencement of the 2023 tobacco selling season will boost foreign currency liquidity and further strengthen the local currency. A trading update released at the close of trading Tuesday shows that a total US$19,8 million was […]
Johannesburg — Some of the iconic images people call to mind when speaking about the African continent is wide open expanses like those seen in Kenya’s Masaai Mara and the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. These open spaces are part of what is called rangelands, which can be regarded as land carrying natural or semi-natural vegetation, […]
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) PLC has launched a new corporate strategy with a commitment to strengthen agribusiness financing to accelerate the achievement of its vision “to be the people’s bank, harnessing the transformational power of agribusiness for wealth creation”. The new corporate strategy, which was considered and approved by the Board of Directors of […]
Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has warned farmers to beware of false rainfall onset as the raining season commences. NiMet stated that farmers in Abuja and some north central states who have experienced some rainfall in the last two weeks should not commence with planting crops as it is false onset. The director-general of NiMet, Prof. […]
The Government of Liberia, through the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authorities (NaFAA) has donated over 800 lifesaving jackets to Local Fishermen in Harper Electoral District #1, Maryland County. The presentation ceremony, which took place on Saturday February 25, 2023, brought together Local Government Officials of Maryland County, Residents of the Fishery Communities in Harper as […]
The tobacco selling season for 2023 is set to kick off Wednesday esay amid indications that total output will exceed last year’s on the basis of increased crop farming hectarage in the 2022/23 farming season. In an update this week, Tobacco Industry Marketing Board’s communications officer, Rhyne Chikuni confirmed the commencement of the selling season. […]
Plastic pollution is a major global environmental problem that affects marine life, including fishery resources. Liberia, a country on the west coast of Africa, is not exempt from the impacts of plastic pollution on its fishery resources. This article will examine the effects of plastic pollution on fishery resources in Liberia and what can be […]
Africa is in state of shock after Russia President Vladimir Putin invited President Dr Lazarus Chakwera to this year’s Russia -Africa Humanitarian Forum slated to take place in July. This was revealed during the handover ceremony of 20 thousand metric tons of fertilizer by Russia to Malawi. The fertilizer has been donated from Russian company […]
Mvurwi Town, which serves one of the leading tobacco growing areas in Mashonaland Central Province, is eyeing investors who are keen to add value to the crop. This season, farmers around the town are anticipating a bumper harvest on the back of good rains during the 2022/2023 agriculture season. The town which houses tobacco auction […]
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Zimbabwe: EU Demands More Fresh Produce
The engagement and re-engagement policy continues to bear fruit, with the European Union calling on Zimbabwe to export more fresh produce to the bloc. In his address during the launch of the ‘Team Europe Initiative on Greener and Climate-Smart Agriculture’ yesterday, the EU delegation led by EU Ambassador Jobst von Kirchamann said there was a […]
An ambitious memorandum of understanding aimed at developing an offer adapted to Pakistani agricultural. Enhanced collaboration through the transfer of scientific and technological know-how from the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. Pakistan- Maroc Phosphore (PMP): An emblematic “success story” at the service of farmers. OCP Group, a global leader in plant nutrition and the world’s largest […]
Eldoret — Moi University has harvested its first apples as the university seeks to diversify its revenue sources. The university becomes one of the educational institutions in Kenya to embrace apple farming. Revenue from apple sales will allow the company to raise more funds, coming at a time when universities are facing a cash crunch. […]
Nairobi — Heifer International Kenya has opened applications for young entrepreneurs for the 2023 AYuTe Africa Challenge Kenya. AYuTe which stands for Agriculture, Youth, Technology aims to offer young entrepreneurs in Kenya the opportunity to pitch for investment in their agritech solutions to boost the incomes and productivity of smallholder farmers. “This competition provides an […]
Sugar shortages and sky-high prices are foreseen in Zimbabwe. This is after a part of the Hippo Valley sugarcane plantation, owned by Tongaat, was destroyed by a hailstorm on Monday. Chiredzi sugarcane farmer Daniel Kadema said the winds that came with Cyclone Freddy were devastating. He is one of several contract farmers utilising Hippo Valley […]
With the aim of gathering data for the preparation and drafting of the Seychelles Tuna Fishery Management Plan, key actors in the industry are meeting in a two-day consultative workshop to lay the foundation for how to manage the tuna fishery. Commencing on Thursday, the aim of the workshop is to have everyone involved identify […]