The Starbucks Foundation has awarded US$750,000 to a Tanzanian project to provide cows to coffee farmers
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Drought fears prompt drop in Tanzania beef price
Wholesale beef prices have dropped by around 20 per cent in Tanzania, following poor rainfall in 2015
New milk plant to benefit Rwandan dairy farmers
Rwanda’s Gicumbi district will get a modern milk collection centre, a move that is expected to benefit 300 dairy farmers
Kenyan dairy farmers receive US$25.14mn funding
Non-profit group Family Group Foundation and Heifer International Kenya have signed an agreement to provide financial support worth US$25.14mn to small-scale dairy farmers in Kenya
Gambian government vaccinates 72,000 cattle in 2014
The Gambian government rolled out a vaccination campaign last year in a bid to encourage farmers participation in livestock production and poverty reduction