THE PROPOSED LUENA Sugar Project, which is estimated to cost US$150mn and be implemented in Zambia's Kawambwa and Mwense districts (Luapula Province), is expected to provide work for 1,500 permanent employees and 2,500 seasonal agricultural workers.

THE UGANDA GOVERNMENT has released the Report of National Livestock Census of 2008. Addressing journalists at the Media Centre in June, the minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Hope Mwesigye, said that the objective of the census was aimed to generate data on all livestock and their characteristics.

THE HIGHVELD HORSE Care Unit (HHCU) is calling on corporate South Africa and the broader public to help contribute towards its township donkey and horse projects to ensure their survival this winter.