The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has approved funding of US$1.5mn for research to eradicate a destructive weed in sub-Saharan Africa
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USAID launches feed manufacturing facility in Ethiopia
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a new livestock feed manufacturing facility in Ethiopia
Kenyan farmers grow chives to meet growing export demand
Chives, a herb belonging to the onion family, has become the crop of choice for a group of farmers in Kenya’s Nakuru County
Zambia gets US$45mn AfDB funding for cashew sector
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$45mn loan to finance the Cashew Infrastructure Development Project (CIDP) in Zambia
New world agriculture census round to begin in 2016
A new global round of country-driven agricultural censuses is set to begin in 2016 to gather information and statistics on the sector