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
Livestock
Elanco gets grant worth US$2.86mn to increase food security in east Africa
Elanco Animal Health has received a grant worth US$2.86mn from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation to provide sustainable development solutions to food insecurity in east African countries and improve animal health and productivity in dairy herds and poultry flocks for smallholder farms in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
MIAVIT opens new office in Kenya
German animal nutrition company, MIAVIT GmbH has now opened a new office and warehouse in Kenya to serve customers’ needs for quality nutritional products
Norfund to invest in Ethiopian beef exporter
The Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries, Norfund, announced an investment of US$7.4mn in Verde Beef Processing, an Ethiopian beef producer
Nigerian anti-grazing bill tackling frustrating passage through the House
John Dyegh, the lawmaker representing Gboko/Tarka Federal constituency at the Nigeria National Assembly has claimed that powerful Nigerians are disrupting the passage of the bill banning open grazing