The Nigerian government and Kaduna state government have announced a joint initiative to improve groundnut farming in the state
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Farmerline to use mobile technology to boost harvest in West Africa
Ghana-based technology provider Farmerline has announced its plan to provide 500,000 small-scale farmers access to mobile technology to help improve their harvest in West Africa by 2019
New Holland Agriculture sets world record for wheat harvesting
New Holland Agriculture has set the Guinness World Record for the most amount of wheat harvested in the UK
East African countries reach duty-free trade deal with EU
Five East African countries have reached a trade agreement with the European Union (EU) to renew a duty-free export regime, which allows the East African States to sell fruits, vegetables and flowers to the 28-nation bloc, said representatives from both sides
Mobile phones to boost productivity and incomes of 30,000 Tanzanian farmers
Vodafone Group, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and not-for-profit organisation TechnoServe has announced it has signed an agreement to deploy mobile technology to increase the productivity of thousands of low-income, smallholder farmers in Tanzania
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