Nigeria is looking at exporting cashew nuts worth US$2bn in next two years as part of its measures to diversify the economy and move away from over-dependency on oil, according to executive director of Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC)
Agricultural equipment manufacturer Case IH, supply-chain specialist Toyota Tsusho East Africa and Toyota Tanzania sponsored an agricultural event in Tanzania to support the agribusiness sector in East Africa
The Nairobi-based World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) has released a new publication to increase knowledge on the baobab tree that inhabits regions along the Kenyan coast
French food company Danone and US-based chocolate manufacturer Mars will invest US$120mn over the next decade in an investment fund aimed at increasing the productivity of smallholder farmers in Africa
The European Union (EU) has donated motor vehicles and equipment worth US$600,000 to the Zimbabwean government to support four on-going EU funded projects coordinated by the Food and Agriculture (FAO) and jointly implemented by the government of Zimbabwe and its partners
