The Hershey Company says it will invest US$10mn in Côte dIvoire to reduce child labour and improve the cocoa supply in the West African nation
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Africa-Brazil-China axis key for world agriculture
A new report says that Africa will play a key role in the future of food security
Musika Zambia receives US$7mn Swedish boost
Musika Zambia Limited, a non-profit company, has been launched in Lusaka with a two-year financing of US$7mn from the Swedish Embassy
Corn export could lead to shortage in South Africa
A government-backed plan to export a record corn surplus may leave South African silos drained of the country’s staple food by the end of April
Pineapple processing factory commissioned in Kenya
The Kenya government has commissioned the construction of a US$600,000 modern pineapple processing factory in Bureti District, South Rift Valley