New Holland Agriculture has set the Guinness World Record for the most amount of wheat harvested in the UK
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East African countries reach duty-free trade deal with EU
Five East African countries have reached a trade agreement with the European Union (EU) to renew a duty-free export regime, which allows the East African States to sell fruits, vegetables and flowers to the 28-nation bloc, said representatives from both sides
Mobile phones to boost productivity and incomes of 30,000 Tanzanian farmers
Vodafone Group, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and not-for-profit organisation TechnoServe has announced it has signed an agreement to deploy mobile technology to increase the productivity of thousands of low-income, smallholder farmers in Tanzania
Nigeria set to see US$11.6bn economic output from biotechnology
Nigerian economy is projected to have an economic output of around US$11.6bn if the country embraces biotechnology in its agricultural practices, said a report from Monsanto
Liberian senate gives go-ahead to US$11mn cocoa agreement
The Liberian senate has backed a US$11mn agreement entered between the Liberian government and the Liberia Cocoa Corporation (LCC)