Nigeria spending more than US$150 million on food imports
The Nigerian government has revealed it spends more than N24.5 trillion (US$155.5 million) per annum on the costs of importing food
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Pan-African support centre for farmer organisations launched
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has launched a new initiative - Farmer Organisations Support Centre in Africa (FOSCA) - to support various farmer organisations in Ghana and across the continent
UN deputy calls for Africa to embrace organic farming
The deputy head of the United Nations trade and development body has said that continued growth of organic farming across Africa would benefit farmers incomes, national economies and employment
Rice diversity collection plan for African nations
Experts from the IRRIs International Rice Genebank and the AfricaRice gene bank met with representatives from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda recently at a workshop to plan rice germplasm collection in the three countries
Levy could crush Kenyan tea industry, warns chamber
Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) has warned that the country’s tea industry faces disaster if the government continues to impose additional customs charges to the crop
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