Thoko Didiza, South African minister and member of parliament met Dr Abdul Momen, minister of foreign affairs in Bangladesh, to discuss agricultural cooperation between the two countries
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Young farmers in Zimbabwe blaze a trail in agriculture
As President Emerson Mnangagwahas adopted policies to attract the young and educated to farming, Zimbabwes structural economic transformation is now expanded to the agricultural sector, catching the attention of young farmers
Global food prices decline in July
Global food commodity prices fell in July for the second consecutive month, according to a United Nations report
President Akufo-Addo commissions US$16mn tomato processing factory in Ghana
The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the Weddi Africa Tomato Processing Factory, under the 1-District-1-Factory initiative, at Domfete, in the Berekum West District of the Bono Region
UNOP builds feeder roads in South Sudan
To improve food security, as well as to support trade and market development in South Sudan, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) has constructed feeder roads – secondary roads designed to funnel traffic to major roads – using US$51mn funding from the European Union (EU)