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- Jul- 2020 -20 July
Kenya fishermen say they are squeezed by Ethiopian mega-dam
Fishermen on the shores of Kenya’s Lake Turkana, the world’s biggest desert lake, have no doubt about what is to…
Read More » - 20 July
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…
Read More » - 17 July
Nigeria cocoa output seen down 18% as rains spread pod disease
Nigeria’s cocoa-industry association cut its output estimate for the 2019-20 season by 18%, citing the spread of the fungal black…
Read More » - 16 July
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…
Read More » - 14 July
Nigeria stops forex access for corn imports
Nigeria’s central bank has blocked access to foreign exchange for corn imports as it seeks to boost local farming output,…
Read More » - 8 July
Zimbabwe’s evicted white farmers offered $3.5 billion payout
Zimbabwe’s white commercial farmers, who were violently evicted from their land in a series of invasions that began two decades…
Read More » - 8 July
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…
Read More » - 6 July
WAFA’s new partnership to boost West Africa fertilizer market
The West African Fertilizer Association (WAFA) has entered into a partnership with Arab Fertilizer Association (AFA) targeted at increasing the…
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