IFAD president to meet with African ministers
Kanayo F Nwanze, president of IFAD is set to join African ministers at high-level meetings in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this week to ensure that agriculture is at the top of their agendas
Agriculture
Additional funds target Malawi crop diversification
The World Bank has announced its intention to send an extra US$30 million to Malawi to support diversification away from the country’s leading export crop of tobacco
Big farms for Africa
Dr Terry Mabbett concludes his meeting with Chris Okeke who discusses non-competitive seeds, input and output markets, as well as the real role for smallholders
Fund to provide US$63 million for strategic crop research
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have signed a grant agreement for US$63 million to fund a multinational project that will support strategic crop research
Growth in cotton production expected, says Zimbabwe minister
Zimbabwe’s cotton output for the 2012 marketing season is expected to rise from 249,000 tonnes to between 265,000 tonnes and 280,000 tonnes, according to state-owned newspaper The Herald
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