The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) has expressed concern over the potential environmental disaster posed to the Red Sea by the FSO Safer, an aging oil tanker moored off the western coast of Yemen. The oil vessel was abandoned off the Yemeni coast after the outbreak of Yemen’s civil war in early 2015 and has […]
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Louis Du Toit has been selected to temporarily lead the Agricultural Bank of Namibia (Agribank) for three months as the board has embarked on a recruitment process of a new substantive CEO. Du Toit’s appointment as acting CEO follows the departure of Sakaria Nghikembua at the end of his five-year term at the end of […]
Lagos, Nigeria — Farming collective Alluvial Agriculture is training 50 women in tractor mechanics The initiative will create female-owned tractor businesses serving women farmers Programme is part of a joint initiative with Mastercard Foundation, with training from Tata International Nigeria For the past 13 years, Linda Sheknami Auta has grown rice, maize, yam and soybeans […]
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Zambia: Going Commercial With Cassava
CASSAVA has in the recent past witnessed growing demand due to the increase in its industrial use and wide value chain. The increased demand for cassava has resulted in the rise in the price of the crop on both the local and regional markets. According to Fortune Business Insights, the global cassava starch market size […]
Kenyan authorities are set to destroy 20,000 tonnes of condemned Zimbabwean brown sugar that has been lying at the Kilindini customs warehouse in Mombasa for three years. According to the Gazette notice of July 2, which the port operations chief manager, Mr Abdi Malik Hussein issued, the sugar worth over Sh1.4 billion will be crushed […]
IN 2018, Rwanda and the Export-Import Bank of India signed a loan agreement of $100 million (about Rwf100 billion at the current exchange rates) to develop three irrigation schemes – Warufu, Nyamukana and Mugesera. The Warufu irrigation site is located in Gatsibo District, Nyamukana in Nyanza District and Mugesera in Ngoma District. Aimed at tackling […]
Kenyan fishermen have expressed fears that they will be locked out of earning their living in the Indian Ocean if the government imposes safety rules that will allow more foreign fishing vessels in the deep sea. Having been fishermen for most of their lives, they now fear for the next generation as stiff competition from […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammed Sabo Nanono has revealed that the federal government generated over $313 million (N125.2 billion) from the sale of cocoa in the last three decades. With Nigeria losing its leadership position in terms of cocoa production to the Ivory Coast, Ghana and Indonesia, Sabo Nanono said plans are […]
A Seychellois-owned cargo service, Euro African Star Transport (EAST), has begun exporting fish to African markets as part of its efforts to diversify Seychelles’ exports. The owner of EAST cargo, Carol Nalletamby, told SNA her company will be exporting fish to Nigeria and Uganda via Ethiopian Airlines where there are five-star hotels willing to buy […]
THE country’s commercial and communal food production systems are increasingly threatened by climate change, a government analysis has revealed. The state, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, has issued a warning in an invitation to various stakeholders in the food production sector to engage in a national dialogue to find better ways […]
PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has directed all District Councils growing avocado to establish nurseries for the production of seedlings to be distributed to farmers freely for generation of more incomes. Distribution of free avocado seedlings will inspire and motivate farmers to grow the crop and in turn increase yields. Mr Majaliwa issued the directive when […]
Tukuyu — Tanzania and South Africa are finalising negotiations under which the East African nation will start to officially export avocados to the latter. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said here yesterday that a solution to a tiff over avocados between the two countries would be found soon. Earlier this year, South African authorities blocked avocado […]
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has said that women and local enterprises involved in agribusiness, manufacturing, health care, and renewable energy will soon have access to long-term funding courtesy of a $50 million credit facility from the African Development Bank (AfDB). The bank said the $50 million credit line will narrow the lending gap to […]
Edwin Osundwa and his colleagues normally set sail across Lake Victoria on a fishing expedition that takes at least eight hours. The journey on wooden boats usually starts at 7pm, a perfect time to catch silver cyprinid, popularly known as omena. Mr Osundwa is based at Litare beach on Rusinga island in Mbita sub-county, Homa […]
THE government has outlined measures being taken to address the rising prices of fertilizer to ensure that farmers in the country are not affected. The move came just a day after President Samia Suluhu Hassan said that the government is aware of the fertiliser price hike in the global market and it has started taking […]
THE government says the Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) has a unique role in ensuring the agriculture sector grows and contribute to the economic growth. The Deputy Minister for Finance and Planning Hamad Masauni said in Dar es Salaam yesterday that agriculture is given paramount importance in the Five Year Development Plan (FYDP III) because […]
Smallholder farmers in Mashonaland East Province are working hard to harvest sugar snap and mange tout peas for export. The United Kingdom Trade Partnerships (UKTP) Programme in Zimbabwe is assisting 23 smallholder farmers from the Nyamakaira Irrigation Scheme in Macheke District. Fifteen have started to export peas to markets in the United Kingdom, France and […]
Drilling more boreholes in communal areas under the Presidential Rural Horticulture Scheme, part of the broader Horticultural Recovery and Growth Plan, will be giving communities access to safe water for schools and households. The Presidential Rural Horticulture Scheme and Horticultural Recovery and Growth Plan programme seeks to uplift marginalised communities in line with the National […]