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Kenya: Cassava, Sorghum to Drive Agrobusiness

Kenya: Cassava, Sorghum to Drive Agrobusiness

Africa 13 Nov 2006

By Vahid Oloro EAST AFRICAN BUSINESS WEEK 13/11/2006 Some of East Africa's widely grown crops are among the commodities that will run agro-business in the 21st century. Stakeholders in the agricultural sector were told on November 1 tha…
ZIMBABWE: Grain marketer dispels food security concerns

ZIMBABWE: Grain marketer dispels food security concerns

Africa 02 Nov 2006

02/11/2006 Zimbabwe's state-owned Grain Marketing Board (GMB) said this week that it had only collected 480,000 metric tonnes of maize, about 25 percent of the country's requirement.But GMB chief executive Samuel Muvhuti dispelled a…
Ethiopia, China discuss establishment of fertilizer manufacturing

Ethiopia, China discuss establishment of fertilizer manufacturing

Africa 19 Oct 2006

19/10/2006 Ethiopian Prime Minister today discussed with a visiting business delegation the establishment of a factory of fertilizer in Ethiopia in order to respond to the high demand in the country. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Wednesday…
Tanga dairy industry missing link bridged

Tanga dairy industry missing link bridged

Africa 18 Oct 2006

18/10/2006 The long time unavailability of processed animal feeds in Tanga region will soon become a thing of the past following local investor's plan to solve the problem. The International Food Processors Limited (IFPL), a subsidiary …
Zimbabwe: Pig Industry Calls for More Stockfeed

Zimbabwe: Pig Industry Calls for More Stockfeed

Africa 05 Oct 2006

By Bulawayo Bureau THE HERALD 05/10/2006 THE Pig Industry Board (PIB) is lobbying for an increased availability of stockfeeds to increase the national pig herd, which was devastated by the drought four years ago. PIB director Mr Paul Ndiwen…
SON moves to standardise poultry feeds

SON moves to standardise poultry feeds

Africa 19 Sep 2006

19/09/2006 Poultry farmers in the country have been assured of rapid and qualitative growth of their birds by ensuring that only standard and quality feeds are allowed into the market. The Director-General of SON, Dr. John Akanya, dropped t…
President’s aide lauds SON over export

President’s aide lauds SON over export

Africa 15 Aug 2006

15/08/2006 The Special Adviser to the President on Export has expressed satisfaction with the patronage extended to made-in-Nigeria goods abroad especially within the West African sub-region. Mrs. Modupe Sasore made this remark while speaki…
Largest maize-seed processing plant on the African continent completed

Largest maize-seed processing plant on the African continent completed

Africa 11 Aug 2006

By Khalid Patel Engineering News Online 11/08/2006 International agribusiness firm Monsanto has completed construction of the largest maize-seed processing plant on the African continent, which has been in full production since January 2006…
FIIRO tasks industrialists on food processing methods

FIIRO tasks industrialists on food processing methods

Africa 08 Aug 2006

TIDE ONLINE 08/08/2006 The Director-General, Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, Lagos, Dr. Oluwale Olatunji, has tasked Nigerian industrialists and agriculturists on the need to adopt new practices and food processing techniq…
Zimbabwe: Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has registered a 100 percent increase in deliveries

Zimbabwe: Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has registered a 100 percent increase in deliveries

Africa 21 Jul 2006

HE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has registered a 100 percent increase in deliveries compared to last year, thanks to last season's heavy rains and contract farming. GMB operations director Mr John Madzinga said the 2005/6 agricultural se…
Okredana: Expansion and modernization of the fishery industry in Nigeria

Okredana: Expansion and modernization of the fishery industry in Nigeria

Africa 22 Jun 2006

22nd June 2006, LAGOS: The journey of one thousand kilometers usually starts with a step; “this saying is synonymous to the fervent drive embarked upon by OKREDANA Nigeria Limited five years ago, towards the expansion and modernization pr…
Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company's incentives

Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company's incentives

Africa 14 Jun 2006

14th June 2006, LAGOS: About 50 persons have been trained and given starter packs by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) as part of its community development initiativ for host communities. The programme which was organized in…
Ghanaians regain appetite for imported chicken

Ghanaians regain appetite for imported chicken

Africa 03 Jun 2006

Local poultry farmers say they are seeing no signs of recovery due to the fact that more and more Ghanaians are regaining their appetite for imported chicken despite the bird flu scare. According to the President of the Ga East Area Poultry…
In Lagos... People Learn How to Fish

In Lagos... People Learn How to Fish

Africa 02 Jun 2006

June 2nd, Lagos, NIGERIA: Recognising the potential and need to engage in the production of more food to cater for the teaming population of the state, Lagos State Government is establishing fish farm estates across the three senatorial zon…
Zimbabwe: Ariston Counts Cost of Incessant Rains

Zimbabwe: Ariston Counts Cost of Incessant Rains

Africa 11 May 2006

11 May, 2006: Harare - ALTHOUGH most companies in the agro-sector greeted the above average rains that pounded the country in the 2005/06 agricultural season with optimism, horticulture powerhouse Ariston Holdings, has been left to count th…
Cote d'Ivoire culls poultry after bird flu cases confirmed

Cote d'Ivoire culls poultry after bird flu cases confirmed

Africa 07 May 2006

7th May, 2006: ABIDJAN - Cote d'Ivoire began slaughtering poultry in the Abidjan markets on Sunday after the deadly H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in the west African country. The state television broadcast footage of the economic capital&…
Ghana bans poultry from Cote d'Ivoire

Ghana bans poultry from Cote d'Ivoire

Africa 03 May 2006

3rd May, 2006: Ghana - The Ministry of Trade and Industry has banned the importation of live birds, poultry and poultry products as well as poultry feed from Cote d'Ivoire following an outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (…
Agriculture... Another Base for People's Development

Agriculture... Another Base for People's Development

Africa 23 Apr 2006

23rd Apr, 2006: NIGERIA - Considering the role agriculture can play in a people’s economic life, the Ebonyi State Government has taken steps to make the state a food basket across the Niger. The mantra in Nigeria is that almost all the stat…
Zimbabwe: Maize Producer Price: Farmers Recommend $15m Per Tonne

Zimbabwe: Maize Producer Price: Farmers Recommend $15m Per Tonne

Africa 30 Mar 2006

30th March: ZIMBABWE - FARMERS are seeking a maize producer price of at least $15 million a tonne from the $2 million gazetted last year, citing high production costs. The Ministry of Agriculture is expected to announce the new price soon a…
CARE tackles economic development in poor Zimbabwe farm areas

CARE tackles economic development in poor Zimbabwe farm areas

Africa 23 Mar 2006

23rd March, 2006 - Ellinos Mazorodze was running a small country store eight years ago in Zimbabwe’s Zaka District when CARE workers approached him about joining a new program. They explained he could make more money while helping nearby fa…

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