The World Bank has advised Uganda and other African countries to invest more in agriculture and manufacturing to combat poverty across the continent
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Zimbabwe researchers identify potato virus in tobacco crop
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
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
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