Kenya has launched Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) for farmers, which they could use to get loans of up to 65 per cent of the value of their produce
Processing & Storage
AGRA opens new grain storage facility in Tanzania
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and US-based Rockefeller Foundation has launched a new grain storage facility for smallholder farmers in Tanzania
Kenyan researchers develop grain storage technology
Researchers at the Kenyan-based International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) have developed a new crop storage bag that will reduce post-harvest losses
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
Zimbabwe rakes in US$94mn from tobacco exports
Zimbabwe has generated US$94mn from tobacco exports to different countries since the start of 2013, nearly doubling the total sales of tobacco made during the same period a year earlier