Nigeria would collaborate with Ogun State government to help the state improve its cotton cultivation
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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
Africa gets US$350mn boost to develop cocoa industry
African export-import bank Afreximbank has provided US$350mn to help develop the cocoa processing industry in Africa