Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has launched a US$13.8mn Seed Farmer Market Consumer (SeFaMaCo) programme to improve banana production in East African countries by developing higher-yielding, disease-resistant varieties
Agriculture
Pan-African AgriBusiness Forum 2015 opens in DR Congo
The annual AgriBusiness Forum opened its doors to more than 400 delegates from around the world starting 22 March 2015
Ghanaian farmers to benefit from cocoa incentives
Ghana has announced to offer 50mn free cocoa seedlings and bags of fertiliser to farmers to help improve their yield and income
New bill to protect plant breeding in Rwanda
The Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) has drafted a bill seeking to promote development of new crop varieties in the central African country
FAO facility to protect farmlands from disasters
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has launched a facility to help disaster-hit farms worldwide
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