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Grant received for BRAC Poultry Hatchery and Feed Mill Project

Grant received for BRAC Poultry Hatchery and Feed Mill Project

Africa LR LR 18 Apr 2012

A concession concord has been contracted and embarked into between Chevron, the world's 4th biggest oil drilling firm, and BRAC-LIBERIA, a top non-profit development organization. The concession concord was signed and entered into on the 16…
Feed industry benefits from CADP's infrastructure improvements

Feed industry benefits from CADP's infrastructure improvements

Africa NG NG 04 Apr 2012

The Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP), setup to improve help improve agriculture production in Nigeria, has spent $7 million USD of it's $26.3 million USD World Bank Loan to build farmers capacity across three agricultural s…
Rising costs killing poultry industry

Rising costs killing poultry industry

Africa KE KE 06 Jun 2011

Nairobi, Kenya -- High cost of feeds, rising market taxation rates by local authorities and influx of brokers are conspiring to kill the poultry sector. The situation has not been helped either by prevailing shortage of chicks as well as hi…
Namibia's aquaculture flourishes thanks to new feed plant in Onavivi

Namibia's aquaculture flourishes thanks to new feed plant in Onavivi

Africa NA NA 31 May 2011

Namibia, compared to other countries, is among the driest countries in the world, but yet holds massive potential for the development of aquaculture. The Government of Namibia, under the Ministry of Fisheries has embarked on a national plan…
Algeria company joins forces with French company Glon Sanders

Algeria company joins forces with French company Glon Sanders

Africa DZ DZ 23 May 2011

Algerian agribusiness company "Industrial group Semoulerie Industrielle de la Mitidja" (SIM) has signed an agreement with French agri-food and animal nutrition company "Glon Sanders" to form a new feed production company…
Etunda makes feed from waste

Etunda makes feed from waste

Africa NA NA 08 Feb 2011

Namibia -- By-products from the Etunda Irrigation Scheme that were previously discarded as waste, will now go towards the production of livestock feed, where there is currently a large demand for livestock feed. Newly appointed manager of t…
De Heus acquires S. African Tuinroete Agri's feed business

De Heus acquires S. African Tuinroete Agri's feed business

Africa ZA ZA 07 Feb 2011

South Africa -- International feed producers De Heus have announced the acquisition of South African company Tuinroete Agri’s animal feed operations. The acquisition which includes the production location at Kleinberg, is subject to condi…
Arrowfeeds sells 300t of broiler mash per week

Arrowfeeds sells 300t of broiler mash per week

Africa SZ SZ 07 Feb 2011

Swaziland -- One of Swaziland’s animal feed outlets has reported that it sells 300 tonnes of broiler mash per week. Manager at Arrowfeeds, K. Meyer said the company manufactured and supplied a full range of balanced animal feed ranging fr…
Poultry farmers troubled by high feed prices

Poultry farmers troubled by high feed prices

Africa 19 Jan 2011

Uganda -- The increased price for poultry feeds is creating fear among farmers as many cannot stand the current competition for the final products. This has resulted from increased price of some ingredients for the feeds, especially maize. …
Animal feed shortage results in looming milk shortage

Animal feed shortage results in looming milk shortage

Africa 16 Jan 2011

Kenya -- A looming shortage of milk stares the country in the eye. The North Rift region, which produces 80 per cent of the country’s milk for sale, has registered a 40 per cent drop in supply. According to the deputy national chairman of…
USAID funded project increases fish yield in Nigeria

USAID funded project increases fish yield in Nigeria

Africa 18 Nov 2010

Nigeria - At the recently held National Council on Agriculture meeting held in Katsina state, it was reveled that inventory of inland aquatic resources of Nigeria conducted by the National Special Programme for Food Security confirmed that …
Bulawayo animal feed mill shuts due to lack of ingredients

Bulawayo animal feed mill shuts due to lack of ingredients

Africa 13 Oct 2010

National Foods Ltd. of Zimbabwe will next month put its animal-feeds mill in Bulawayo on "care and maintenance" because it can't source the necessary ingredients, the Chronicle reported, citing a company statement. National Foods closed its…
High cost of inputs dealing blow to poultry farming

High cost of inputs dealing blow to poultry farming

Africa 05 Jul 2010

Kenya - The high cost of inputs and unavailability of stock are hurting poultry farming in Kenya. Production cost doubled in the last one year despite Kenyans’ adoption of healthy lifestyles that has seen wider uptake of chicken. Growth h…
Poultry shortage in Zimbabwe following import ban

Poultry shortage in Zimbabwe following import ban

Africa 01 Jul 2010

The Zimbabwe Poultry Association has said production of day-old chicks is expected to increase in the coming weeks. This comes after a ban on imported chickens increased demand for chicks. Poultry farmers lobbied government to impose a ban …
Astral plans for African expansion, Feed milling

Astral plans for African expansion, Feed milling

Africa 15 Mar 2010

Broiler and animal feed producer Astral Foods said on Monday it has targeted more growth opportunities in Africa. Among other countries, Astral has identified Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe as focus areas within the southern Afri…
Kebbi government subsidises animal feed

Kebbi government subsidises animal feed

Africa 22 Jan 2010

Nigeria - The government in Kebbi (north-western Nigeria) has purchased animal feeds worth 45NGN million (approximately $300,000 USD) for distribution to pastoralists at subsidised prices. Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Nomadic…
CPF invests in Africa

CPF invests in Africa

Africa 28 Dec 2009

Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc, the SET-listed flagship of the Charoen Pokphand Group, has added African countries to its investment plan next year as part of its aggressive expansion abroad. It will start with feed and chicken farm operations …
Western Cape government help drought sufferers

Western Cape government help drought sufferers

Africa 28 Dec 2009

South Africa - The Western Cape government says it will pay the transport costs of farmers in the province who want to donate feed to the drought-stricken Southern Cape. Agriculture MEC Gerrit van Rensburg said on Tuesday the measure was in…
PAZ bemoans shortage of affordable maize

PAZ bemoans shortage of affordable maize

Africa 21 Dec 2009

Zambia - The shortage of cheap and affordable maize in the last 10 months made its use in poultry feeds increasingly unjustified in economic terms, Poultry Association of Zambia (PAZ) executive secretary Mathews Ngosa has said. Reviewing th…
Poultry firm invests R70m in processing plant, support services

Poultry firm invests R70m in processing plant, support services

Africa 06 Nov 2009

Poultry producer Sovereign Foods, formally known as Rocklands Poultry, has made a multimillion-rand invest- ment in its processing plant and support services, creating the capacity to process up to 60-million birds a year, almost doubling t…

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