The Swedish Co-operative Centre (SCC) has stated that Zambia could support poverty-stricken small-scale farmers if it ran its farms as a business venture
SCC urges Zambian farmers to ‘consider farming as a business’
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AfDB offers Cameroon US$640,000 for seed production
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has issued US$640,000 to Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) for the production of seven basic crop seeds to help boost agricultural production and productivity in the country
FAGRO seeks to strengthen partnership with smallholder farmers
The National Food and Agriculture Show (FAGRO) plans to work alongside Africa’s smallholder farmers, with its aim being to transform the agriculture sector
Lonrho experiences import delays of tractors in Mozambique
Lonrho Agricultures Mozambique distributor, John Deere, has been affected by delayed tractor imports as well as other equipment arriving into the country causing shares in the company to fall
ACTESA heads biotechnology and biosafety agenda
The completion of the regional biosafety policies and guidelines has entered into the final stages with plans to develop a regional long-term programme in Africa
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