Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has invited Thailand’s agribusiness community to invest in rice production and other agricultural sub-sectors in the West African nation
Agriculture
AfDB approves US$109mn loan for Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa industry
African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$109mn loan to Sucres et Denrées Côte d’Ivoire (Sucden CI) for investment in the cocoa sector in the country
FAO, Rabobank Foundation to scale up East Africa partnership
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Dutch Rabobank Foundation will expand their collaboration after two years of successful initiatives in three countries in East Africa
Zambia to get US$10mn in agriculture investment
Germany’s Amatheon Agri Group and Japan’s Toyota Tsusho Corporation have announced a joint venture that will invest approximately US$10mn in an agricultural project in Zambia
Goat and sheep rearers in Lesotho to get financial assistance
Lesotho and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed an agreement that will bring relief to the country’s livestock producers