Nigerian Breweries Plc, Nigeria’s largest brewing company and a subsidiary of Heineken, has signed a partnership agreement with Nigerian cassava processing company Psaltry International, and the International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC)
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Tanzania looks to boost coffee output in 2015
Coffee harvests in Tanzania are projected to increase to more than 60,000 tonnes in the 2015 season, up from 40,000 tonnes in the same period last year, said the Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB)
USAID trains Ghanaian women groups on rice farming technologies
USAID has partnered with Bontanga Irrigation Scheme to provide training to women farmers on rice farming technologies in Tolon-Kumbungu District of Ghana
Nigeria targets cashew nuts export worth US$2bn by 2017
Nigeria is looking at exporting cashew nuts worth US$2bn in next two years as part of its measures to diversify the economy and move away from over-dependency on oil, according to executive director of Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC)
Case IH supports agricultural growth in East Africa
Agricultural equipment manufacturer Case IH, supply-chain specialist Toyota Tsusho East Africa and Toyota Tanzania sponsored an agricultural event in Tanzania to support the agribusiness sector in East Africa