Zambia has announced to deliver more than 100,000 tonnes of urea fertiliser to small-scale farmers countrywide, in a bid to increase farm productivity
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Nigerian agri sector to receive US$240mn aid
Nigeria-based First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has announced it will invest US$240mn in the agriculture sector of the West African country
New centre to give training on sustainable farming in Zambia
German Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) has announced it will open Zambian-German Agricultural Knowledge Centre (AKTC) to offer sustainable agricultural techniques to the farmers of the southern African country
IFDC partner with Heineken to improve Nigerian cassava yields
Nigerian Breweries Plc, Nigeria’s largest brewing company and a subsidiary of Heineken, has signed a partnership agreement with Nigerian cassava processing company Psaltry International, and the International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC)
Tanzania looks to boost coffee output in 2015
Coffee harvests in Tanzania are projected to increase to more than 60,000 tonnes in the 2015 season, up from 40,000 tonnes in the same period last year, said the Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB)