Wholesale beef prices have dropped by around 20 per cent in Tanzania, following poor rainfall in 2015
Livestock
New milk plant to benefit Rwandan dairy farmers
Rwanda’s Gicumbi district will get a modern milk collection centre, a move that is expected to benefit 300 dairy farmers
Norway launches sustainable fisheries project in Sudan
Norway and UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) have launched a US$5.08mn project for sustainable management of marine fisheries in Sudan’s Red Sea
Pan-African project to develop fish trade in the region
Fisheries research organisation WorldFish has launched a new pan-African project to strengthen the continent’s potential for increased trade in fish and support adoption of appropriate policies in intra-regional trade
Ghana imposes ban on chicken imports from the USA
Ghana has placed a temporary ban on poultry products import from the USA as part of efforts to stop the spread of arsenic, which can lead to developing cancer