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- Apr- 2021 -1 April
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,…
Read More » - Mar- 2021 -30 March
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…
Read More » - 29 March
Zimbabwe tobacco buyers need vaccination proof for license
Zimbabwe’s tobacco regulator requires buyers of the crop to be vaccinated against the coronavirus before a license for the 2021…
Read More » - 26 March
Malawi minister applauds Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector
Visiting Malawi Minister of Agriculture Lobin Clarke Lowe has applauded Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector saying his country has a lot to…
Read More » - 25 March
BEKA Schréder’s LED lighting solution for animal feed manufacturer
BEKA Schréder has supplied the LED lighting retrofit solution for Meadow Feeds, who are one of the market leaders in…
Read More » - 18 March
South Africa launches fund to boost Black farming
South Africa has set up a 5 billion rand ($340 million) fund to help Black farmers gain access to capital…
Read More » - Feb- 2021 -19 February
Ivory Coast lost 47,000 hectares of forest to cocoa production in 2020, environmental group says
Ivory Coast lost 47,000 hectares (116,000 acres) of forest in its cocoa-growing regions in 2020, an environmental group said on…
Read More » - 11 February
BBC launches series exploring how to feed the world in 2021 and beyond
With the global population expected to rise to 10 billion in the next 30 years, the UN predicts that food…
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