The European Investment Bank is seeking to strengthen the Malawi government’s policy to diversify and increase exports in the country by distributing US$40.5mn to its agricultural sector
Agriculture
Economist urges Zimbabwe authorities to adopt GM cotton seeds
Zimbabwes cotton crop prices are expected to take another fall in the 2014 harvest after having cut by more than half in 2013, according to renowned economist John Robertson
Kenyan scientists discover cause of coffee berry pest
Researchers at the Kenya-based International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), in collaboration with colleagues from Germany, have for the first time decoded the chemical signals that attract the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei, the most important pest of coffee worldwide
KARI develops new finger millet variety
The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) has developed a hybrid finger millet variety in Kenya that is drought- and disease-resistant
EU donates US$185 million to Kenya’s agricultural sector
The European Union is set to contribute US$185.8mn towards agriculture, research and rural development in Kenya
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