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Hybrid cocoa variety promises to increase yield
The Nigerian cocoa sector is set for a major boost with the country's government planning to introduce an improved variety of the crop
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Food and nutrition security alliance to include FARA
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) has announced its inclusion in the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition
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Surge in Kenyan horticultural earnings
Kenya made US$1.1 billion from the flower, fruit, vegetable and nut exports in 2011, according to a report by USAID Kenya Horticulture Competitiveness Project (KHCP)
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Monsanto dedicates US$50 million to African agricultural development
Multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation Monsanto Company has announced that it will provide US$50 million to support sustained agricultural development and growth across Africa over the next ten years
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UNDP report – food security central to Africa’s development
Sub-Saharan Africa cannot sustain its present economic resurgence unless it eliminates the hunger that affects nearly a quarter of its people, according to a new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report
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