Increased investment in Kenya's coconut industry
Increased investment, value addition and the opening up of export markets has boosted coconut farming along Kenya’s coastal region with huge returns for local farmers, writes Mwangi Mumero
Agriculture
FAO launches agricultural development projects in South Sudanese state
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched two agricultural development projects in Torit in the South Sudanese state of Eastern Equatoria
Minister visits youth farms in Gambia and makes donation to local farmers
Gambias minister of youth and sports, Alieu Jammeh, continued his recent tour of the country sector by paying a visit to a 2.5ha sesame and a 1.3-ha groundnut farms
European Investment Bank injects US$40.5 million into Malawi's agricultural sector
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
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
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