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- Morocco: EU-Morocco Agriculture Agreement Does Not Include Western Sahara Territories, Confirms Dutch Minister (SPS)
- Eritrea: Training Provides for Poultry Farmers in Mendefera Sub-Zone (Shabait)
- Rwanda: Muhanga District Moves to Improve Banana Production (New Times)
- Eritrea: Ownership of Mai-Shim Integrated Dairy Farming Company Transferred to Korbaria Inhabitants (Shabait)
- Uganda: New Nile Tilapia Variety to Boost Fish Productivity (Independent)
- Tanzania: Rural Communities Benefit From Agriculture Loans (Daily News)
- Nigeria: How Agric Business Is Replacing Plateau's Diminishing Mining Economy (Daily Trust)
- Ethiopia: Africa's First Commodity Exchange Revolutionizes Economy (allAfrica)
- Africa: Striving to Increase African Food Productivity (IPS)
- Kenya: Scientists Torn Over Recent GM Food Ban (SciDev.Net)
- Africa: Calling for a GMO-Free Continent (IPS)
- Western Sahara: Saharawi Republic Takes Part At Joint African Ministerial Conference of Agriculture and Trade (SPS)
- Africa: Continent's Food Policy Needs Sharper Teeth (Africa Renewal)
- Africa: Agro-Industry - Bringing the Value Into Value Chains (This is Africa)
- Africa: Trust 'A Major Challenge' to Agricultural Biotechnology (SciDev.Net)
- Kenya: Eldoret Airport to Spur Horticultral Farming in North Rift, Western Region (The Star)
- Nigeria: NAFDAC Destroys N20 Million Stockfish in Aba (Vanguard)
- Zimbabwe: Wild Animals Wreak Havoc On Cane Farmers (The Herald)
- Nigeria: Reducing the Scourge of Poverty, Creating New Economic Spaces (1) (This Day)
- Zimbabwe: Demand Chinese Shares - Mliswa (Financial Gazette)
- Gambia: Food Security Through Commercialisation of Agriculture Seminar Held (Daily Observer)
- Namibia: Rights Holders Risk Losing Fishing Quota (Namibian)
- Africa: Europe Signs Pact to Protect Traditional African Agriculture Products (Ghanaian Chronicle)
- Ghana: Mahama Promises Insurance Policy for Fishermen (Ghanaian Chronicle)
- Ghana: Busac Fund Supports Guinea Fowl Rearing in Saboba (Ghanaian Chronicle)
- Ghana: Farmers Protest Against GHA (Ghanaian Chronicle)
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