Kenya to benefit from US$116.1 million cane plant
Indian Investors Bajarambapu Group and Narok County have entered into an agreement for the construction of a US$116.1mn sugar factory in the Trans Mara District, Kenya
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Minister visits youth farms in Gambia and makes donation to local farmers
Gambias minister of youth and sports, Alieu Jammeh, continued his recent tour of the country sector by paying a visit to a 2.5ha sesame and a 1.3-ha groundnut farms
European Investment Bank injects US$40.5 million into Malawi's agricultural sector
The European Investment Bank is seeking to strengthen the Malawi government’s policy to diversify and increase exports in the country by distributing US$40.5mn to its agricultural sector
Economist urges Zimbabwe authorities to adopt GM cotton seeds
Zimbabwes cotton crop prices are expected to take another fall in the 2014 harvest after having cut by more than half in 2013, according to renowned economist John Robertson
Kenyan scientists discover cause of coffee berry pest
Researchers at the Kenya-based International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), in collaboration with colleagues from Germany, have for the first time decoded the chemical signals that attract the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei, the most important pest of coffee worldwide
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