US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has announced US plans to inject US$46mn into the Malawi agriculture sector in order to improve its self-sufficiency over the following three years
Clinton reveals US$46 million plan to boost Malawi agriculture
Livestock
Tanzania grants 500 cattle to drought-effected families
The Tanzanian government has donated 500 livestock to farming families in the Monduli district of the Arusha region as part of a US$7.1mn initiative to replenish heavy losses from the 2009 drought
Kenya’s new chicken breed set to shake up the pecking order
A new breed of indigenous chicken, touted as being highly adaptable and producing higher amounts of eggs and meat, is the Kenyan Agricultural Research Institute’s (KARI) newest introduction to the Kenyan market
Livestock farmers urged to integrate crop cultivation for food security
Namibia’s environment and tourism deputy minister, Uahekua Herunga, has encouraged livestock farmers in the country to parallelly cultivate crops to help ensure food sustainability
Genetic engineering to help fight against African cattle disease
Scientists have identified two genes which may help the fight against African animal trypanosomiasis, a sleeping sickness transmitted by tsetse fly
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