Researchers at Zimbabwes Tobacco Research Board (TRB) have identified a virulent necrotic strain of Potato Virus Y (PVY), which could destroy up to 90 per cent of a crop strain in the tobacco crop
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Mozambique government reveals further details of ProSAVANA project
The Mozambican government recently revealed further details of the Programme of Triangular Cooperation for Developing Agriculture in the Tropical Savannahs of Mozambique (ProSAVANA)
Kenyan farmers receive more than US$2 million for Narok avocado project
Kenyan farmers in Mulot, part of the Narok district, are set to benefit from an avocado project expected to cost more than US$2mn
Nigerian farmers enrol in growth support scheme
Around 57,000 farmers in Ebonyi, Nigeria have benefitted from the government’s Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GES) which was rolled out this year
Kenyan smallholder farmers receive free fertiliser
Farmers in the Machakos region of Kenya will receive free fertiliser which will be bought and marketed by the county government under a new agricultural programme