Ghana has announced to offer 50mn free cocoa seedlings and bags of fertiliser to farmers to help improve their yield and income
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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
African farmers turn to climate-smart agriculture
Farmers in Africa are increasingly embracing climate-smart agriculture, a recently released book has claimed
PelGar to give Burkina Faso rodenticide training
UK-based PelGar International has announced it is to organise training workshops for rodenticide and insecticide dealers in Burkina Faso