East Africa
Comprehensive, insightful and in-depth articles and news on agriculture, and developments from around East Africa.
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Tanzania coffee farmers urged to comply with international certification
Coffee farmers have been urged to produce quality coffee to comply with international certification, access more markets and earn good…
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Substituting half of the imported wheat: Achievable this year
Ethiopia annually imports 17 million quintal wheat from abroad and for the nation which suffers from scarcity of hard currency,…
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Trade and Development Bank, OCP Group and dltledgers drive intra-African trade via blockchain amidst the Covid-19 pandemic
The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) and OCP Group, the world’s largest phosphate mining and leading…
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Tanzania’s government trumpets production of crops, goods for export
The public has been encouraged to produce more farm and industrial products for export in order to minimise international trade…
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Ethiopian farmers slaughter thousands of chicks as Covid-19 hits demand
Ethiopian poultry farmers have destroyed hundreds of thousands of chicks, as the sector reels from a collapse in demand from…
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Tanzania’s improved grape cultivation looms in region
Central Tanzania Wine Company (Cetawico), Dodoma-based is planning to introduce a new grape farming style that would raise income of…
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Locust, floods and virus set Uganda for slowest year since 1986
Uganda’s economy will probably expand at the slowest pace in more than three decades this year due to the fallout…
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Tanzania to more than double cotton output by 2025
Tanzania plans to more than double cotton production in five years as farmers increase cultivation, encouraged by higher prices for…
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