UK-based PelGar International has announced it is to organise training workshops for rodenticide and insecticide dealers in Burkina Faso
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‘Agribusiness key for Africa’, says UN economist
The executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Dr Carlos Lopes, has said that agribusiness has a “fundamental role” to play in the continent’s economic development
Zambia distributes fertiliser for better crop growth
Zambia has announced to deliver more than 100,000 tonnes of urea fertiliser to small-scale farmers countrywide, in a bid to increase farm productivity
Nigerian agri sector to receive US$240mn aid
Nigeria-based First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has announced it will invest US$240mn in the agriculture sector of the West African country
New centre to give training on sustainable farming in Zambia
German Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) has announced it will open Zambian-German Agricultural Knowledge Centre (AKTC) to offer sustainable agricultural techniques to the farmers of the southern African country