Wärtsilä has been contracted to deliver the ship design for a new processing and transportation vessel to be built at the Balenciaga shipyard in Spain on behalf of Hav Line AS of Norway
Aquaculture
Nigeria plans to boost local fish production
Nigerian government has announced that it will stop issuing fish importation quota to the importers, aiming to boost up the local fish production
Maize deliveries hit 450 000 tonnes in Zimbabwe
Maize delivery has hit 450000 tonnes in Zimbabwe for the farming session of 2016-17 as compared to the corresponding period of last year, according to a senior government official
Countries discuss for responsible fisheries practices across Indian Ocean
Countries from the Indian Ocean Islands and East Africa met on Mahe Island in Seychelles on 27-28 June 2017, to discuss the fisheries transparency initiative (FiTI) for developing strategies to tackle illegal fishing and increase accountability in fisheries practices in the region
AfDB adopts investment strategies to develop Africa’s agriculture
Khaled Sherif, vice-president of African Development Bank (AfDB), announced new investment strategies like providing high-yielding seeds and making large farms more productive to boost up Africa’s agriculture sector during the 52nd session of AfDB annual meetings in Gujarat, India, which was held from 22 to 26 May