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Kenya: Team Set Up to Monitor Sugar Imports

The Government has struck at the heart of beneficiaries of cheap sugar imports after setting up a committee to monitor the flow of the commodity into the country from the Comesa region.

  Nation
Zimbabwe: Farmers Unhappy With Fertilizer Supply

FARMERS' leaders have expressed concern with the rate at which fertilizer is being supplied given the impending summer cropping season.

  The Herald
Kenya: Wako Faults New Sugar Import Rules

Sugar import and export regulations recently introduced by the Ministry of Agriculture contravene the Comesa Treaty, Attorney-General Amos Wako has ruled.

  Nation
Liberia: Presidential Task Force Regrets Incident At Sinoe Plantation

The Presidential Rubber Plantations Task Force has described as regrettable and unfortunate recent incident at the Sinoe Rubber Plantation.

  The Inquirer
Nigeria: Africa's First Fuel Ethanol Project Launched

The first fuel ethanol project in Africa, worth N14.4billion will take-off today in Ekiti State.

  This Day
Kenya: Grain Farmers Fret Over Expected Loss

Maize and wheat farmers in the country's grain basket of the North Rift region have expressed fears of incurring heavy losses this season following erratic weather conditions and the increased cost of farm inputs and fuel.

  Nation
Namibia: Govt Revives Flower Farming on Ongombo

FOUR years after the government expropriated a once flourishing commercial farm, the Ministry of Land wants to rehabilitate its irrigation infrastructure.

  Namibian
Sierra Leone: Country Gets 90 Tonnes of Rice, Oil From Egypt

Egyptian fund for technical cooperation has presented ninety tonnes of rice and four hundred cartoons of cooking oil to the people and government of Sierra Leone.

  Concord
Namibia: Meatco Introduces New Meat Brand

Namibia's meat exporter, Meatco, will next week introduce a new meat brand to coincide with the 2009 World Meat Congress in South Africa.

  New Era
Uganda: Local Scientist Develops Cotton Pest Trap

A Ugandan scientist, Dr. Ben Ssekamatte, has developed an anti-bollworm pest trap.

  New Vision
Mozambique: Japanese Business Delegation Visits

A delegation of visiting Japanese businessmen has expressed interest in forming partnerships with Mozambican companies in agriculture and forestry, according to Henk Son, the Deputy Chairperson of the Confederation of Mozambican Business Associations (CTA).

  AIM
Kenya: Sugar Company Sued Over Crop Damage

A sugar company intending to grow cane in Msambweni District has been sued by area residents seeking compensation for crops it had allegedly destroyed.

  Nation
Rwanda: A Beauty Contest for Coffee

With a score of 90%, the coffees of Mike Burema and Fako Rulindo were the winners of the first Cup of Excellence ever to be held in Africa. The competition closed last Friday in Kigali.

  Focus Media
Zimbabwe: Country Set to Surpass Tobacco Production Target

ZIMBABWE is on course to surpass its production target for flue-cured tobacco of 130 million kilogrammes for next year as seed sales have gone beyond 400kg.

  The Herald
Uganda: Masaka to Revive Juice Factory

Fruit farmers have been exploited by middlemen in the fruit business for long but now there is hope since. There is proposal to invest in a fruit juice processing, factory.

  Monitor
East Africa: Regional Sugar Standards Harmonised

Sugar is one of the commodities likely to be endangered if standards are not harmonized as the East Africa member states prepare for the impending opening up of markets regionally and globally.

  Monitor
Kenya: Uprooted Farmers Groan Under Piling Pressure of Bank Loans

The Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) is asking Mzee Jamuel Kiragu to pay back a loan they advanced him last year to expand his farming activities.

  Nation
Africa: Uganda to Export Beef to Nigeria

The Nigerian High Commissioner to Uganda, Fidel Ayoyu, has said that Uganda will start exporting beef to Nigeria because the country's big population provides market opportunities to Ugandan farmers.

  Monitor
Namibia: Meatco Beefs Up Premiums for Farmers

THE Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) will pay out an additional premium to cattle farmers due to exceptionally good prices received for Namibian meat products in Europe over the past months.

  Namibian
Namibia: Namibian Meat Industry to Launch Free-Range Brand

MEATCO will launch a new product brand name, Nature's Reserve, next week, coinciding with the 2009 World Meat Congress in Cape Town on September 9.

  Namibian
Uganda: LC5s Ask Government to Support Agriculture

Leaders from the eastern region have asked the government to develop the agriculture sector if the country is to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

  Monitor
Ethiopia: Cotton Plant Spins Into Action

The first spinning factory in the country opened its operations yesterday.

  Addis Fortune
Kenya: Country May Be Forced to Reduce Tea Production

Faced with falling tea prices, Kenya, one of the world's largest producers, may be forced to cut down production.

  East African
Namibia: Oshakati Abattoir Resumes Slaughtering

The Meatco Oshakati Abattoir resumed cattle slaughtering last week after closing down because of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the Mukwe Constituency of the Kavango Region.

  Namibian
Kenya: Relax Maize Import Rules, Say Traders

Grain millers and traders have asked the Government to loosen maize importation rules and taxes in order to bring down food prices.

  Nation

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