Harare — Members of Uganda’s National Drug Authority (NDA) shocked MPs before the House Committee on HIV/AIDS when they admitted that they were aware of the possibly fatal abuse of antiretroviral medications to fatten livestock, Daily Monitor reports. The legislators were more appalled by the regulator’s decision to keep quiet on such a delicate matter […]
Tag: Agribusiness
A local company, Alpha Tanganyika Flavour Ltd that deals with exporting fish from Lake Tanganyika, plans to set up fish collection centres in three regions of Rukwa, Katavi and Kigoma in a efforts to offer more market to local fishers. Company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr Alpha Nondo, revealed this in Dar es Salaam during […]
The Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) has been honored with the prestigious Africa Food Prize for 2023, recognizing their exceptional leadership in the development of numerous bean varieties that improve farm productivity and profitability, and meet increasing consumer demand. The announcement was made by Africa Food Prize Chairperson, and former Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete during […]
THE government is eager to capture opportunities in the agriculture, livestock and fisheries sector that will arise from the AGRF Africa Food Systems Forum 2023. Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Dr Daniel Mushi disclosed this recently during a tour carried out by a section of the forum’s participants at Mbopo […]
FINANCE Minister Dr Mwigulu Nchemba has underscored the necessity to engage more youth in agriculture for the country to raise revenue base and create more jobs. “If you want to increase revenue and create more jobs the youth engagement in agriculture is unavoidable,” Dr Nchemba stated on Tuesday at the 2023 AGRF sideline event which […]
Dar es Salaam — AGRA President Agnes Kalibata emphasised the need to address challenges as a community in the wake of Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF) 2023 which started on Tuesday, September 5-8 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The conference which brings together over 4,000 delegates from around the world to discuss challenges around food […]
The Namibia Agricultural Labour Forum has announced a 10% increase on the minimum wage in the agricultural sector effective from 1 October 2023. According to a statement issued by the Agricultural Employers’ Association (AEA) on behalf of the forum, the minimum cash wage increases to N$6 per hour or to N$1 170 per month for […]
TANZANIA : THE government has expressed firm resolve to act as a driving force for enhancing rice production, as it is one of the most strategic crops in Tanzania, with the East African nation envisaging to become leading paddy producer in the continent. This commitment was announced on Monday by the Permanent Secretary in the […]
Dodoma — DODOMA : MINISTER for Agriculture, Hussein Bashe has said that the government’s dream to help youth engage in agricultural production activities has been fulfilled by 97 per cent. He said in Dodoma on Monday that 763 youth who were enrolled in the Building a Better Tomorrow Youth Initiative For Agribusiness (BBT-YIA) programme have […]
Nairobi — Listed agribusiness and superfoods producer Kakuzi has successfully completed the inaugural export delivery of 181 Boran heifers to a Uganda-based rancher for breeding. The breeding heifers valued at more than S|h13.5 million left Kakuzi’s Makuyu, Murang’a County, livestock paddocks late last week and have now been received at Mpala Farm, in Kawempe Division, […]
Over 12000 smallholder farmers across the country are set to benefit from a newly launched climate adaptation project by the East African Grain Council The project launched in Kampala is expected to upturn the sustainability of the smallholder food production system in Uganda through irrigation technology and climate adaptation practices. Gerald Masila, the Executive Director […]
Nairobi — Listed superfoods producer, Kakuzi Plc (NSE: KUKZ) has announced a Kshs 171. 1 million half-year pretax profit on the back of a difficult trading period due to the prevailing Macadamia global glut. The firm, which recently adopted a new corporate brand identity, enjoyed a more than double profit lift against its avocado export […]
Nairobi — Listed superfoods producer, Kakuzi Plc (NSE: KUKZ) has announced a Kshs 171. 1 million half-year pretax profit on the back of a difficult trading period due to the prevailing Macadamia global glut. The firm, which recently adopted a new corporate brand identity, enjoyed a more than double profit lift against its avocado export […]
The Associated Press reported that rice prices are up dramatically in places like Africa’s largest slum, Kibera, in Nairobi, Kenya. A 55-pound bag of rice has risen in cost from June to August 2023 by about 20 percent, said the AP. Global rice exports are at about 80 percent of needed supply. That, says the […]
IN a development that actualises the popular idiom ‘where there is a will, there is a way’ tobacco farmers have demonstrated that with an enabling environment, they can beat any set targets after managing to deliver 296 kilogrammes of the golden leaf, just falling short of hitting the 300 million kilogramme target set for the […]
El Castellar, Spain — Enrique Hernández Pando is Executive Director, Commercial Development & Impact, GALVmed El Castellar – For 33-year-old mother-of-seven and poultry farmer Helena Kindole in Chanya village in Tanzania, one of the main barriers to growing her chicken business is a lack of access to health services. But not for herself or her […]
Kabale, Uganda — In a bid to accelerate financial literacy and inclusion among barley farmers in Kabale and Rubanda Districts, Nile Breweries Limited has equipped over 1,000 farmers in the region with financial literacy skills, it said in a news release distributed on Aug.21. The training carried out under the theme “Financial Empowerment of Farmers” […]
The second edition of the UG Economic Forum has been launched, with focus on helping businesses grow in the post-Covid era and using agriculture as a key driver of the economy. According to Next Media Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Joe Kigozi, the forum will focus on navigating and creating opportunities for investment. At the peak […]