The Gambian government recently launched a National Food and Agriculture Sector Development Project (FASDEP) through the Ministry of Agriculture and the Global Agricultural and Food Security Programme (GAFSP) at the Kairaba Beach Hotel in Gambia
Agriculture
Kenyan tea farmers’ earnings fall 10 per cent
Kenyan tea farmers hired by Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) are set to receive lower pay for the last financial year ending June 2013 than they did for the previous 12 months despite a 25 per cent increase in production
Zambia exports more than 200,000 tonnes of maize
Zambia has exported more than 200,000 tonnes of maize from the 2.47mn tonnes the country produced during the 2012-13 farming season
Sudan plans too boost wheat production to cut imports
The Sudanese government has announced it will cultivate 600,000 acres of wheat as it aims to cut importations of the crop, which have been setting the country back US$900mn annually
Zimbabwean farmers halting cotton production to grow tobacco
Cotton farmers in Zimbabwe have been shifting their interests to the tobacco industry in a bid to reduce cotton prices in the country
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