The Eastern African Grain Council (EAGC) has launched a market information system that provides wholesale prices for staple food commodities in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda
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African leaders face pressure to take food security action
Regional leaders will look at the challenges being created by the growing food crisis affecting countries across Africa at the upcoming African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)
Greener cities promoted to help improve quality of life
Africa’s urban population is expanding rapidly, but concerns have been raised that many of its cities are not keeping up with the increasing demand for food
FCTA plan to boost Nigerian potato farming
Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has attempted to enhance food security and employment numbers for the region’s potato farmers, according the FCT Administration (FCTA) secretary for agriculture and rural development Olvadi Madayi
Crop rotation technology to aid Ghana's farmers
A technology able to address declining soil fertility in food production has been made available to smallholder farmers in Ghana