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- Apr- 2020 -12 April
Kenyan farmers battle fruit-fly menace as climate warms
Gideon Gitonga inspected his avocado orchard in central Kenya with military precision, revealing that some of the fruit were tinged…
Read More » - 8 April
Morocco’s economy to shrink 1.8% this quarter
Morocco’s economy will contract by 1.8% in the second quarter after growing by 1.1% in the first quarter, the official…
Read More » - 8 April
Desert locust outbreak at crisis point
A desert-locust plague in the Horn of Africa has reached critical proportions, according to Gro Intelligence, a privately funded commodity…
Read More » - 7 April
Tanzania sees tobacco output falling 20% this year on weather
Tanzania’s output of tobacco, a key export from the East African country, could drop as much as 20% this year…
Read More » - 7 April
Zayed Sustainability Prize 2021 calls for submissions from Innovators in South Africa
The Zayed Sustainability Prize is calling on all innovators in South Africa with solutions addressing some of the world’s biggest…
Read More » - 6 April
Banana production faces threat in East Africa
Banana, one of the staple foods in East Africa, is under threat from a fungal disease. Kagera region in Tanzania…
Read More » - 3 April
East Africa locust swarms gather as coronavirus curbs delay pesticides
Coronavirus-linked flight restrictions are hampering efforts to wipe out locust swarms on the verge of devastating crops in eastern Africa,…
Read More » - 3 April
How the coronavirus crisis is affecting food supply
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted global food supplies and is causing labour shortages in agriculture worldwide. Are we facing food…
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