Kenya has launched Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) for farmers, which they could use to get loans of up to 65 per cent of the value of their produce
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Nigeria to aid state to improve cotton production
Nigeria would collaborate with Ogun State government to help the state improve its cotton cultivation
AGRA opens new grain storage facility in Tanzania
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and US-based Rockefeller Foundation has launched a new grain storage facility for smallholder farmers in Tanzania
Chinese firm to spend US$5bn to improve Angolan agri output
China-based CITIC Construction would invest US$5bn next year in an Angolan agricultural project to help increase food production in the country
Ghana develops its first GM crop
Ghana has developed a genetically modified (GM) cowpea, which will be the first GM crop to be introduced in the country