Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA) has signed a N56 billion contract with the Cassava Agro Industries Services Ltd (CAISL) for the supply of 8 million tons of cassava tubers to the national Cassakero cooking fuel programme.
In July 2007, the Presidents and the Boards of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) requested a joint evaluation of agriculture and rural development (ARD) policies and operations of both institutions in Africa. Undertaken jointly by the independent evaluation offices of both institutions, the evaluation had four objectives. These were ...
The Netherlands has announced a grant of E10 million (about N2.5 billion) over a four year period to the International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC) to develop agriculture in West Africa.
RICH countries' agricultural subsidies and denial of market access to produce from developing countries were partly to blame for low crop production in developing nations, President Mugabe has said.
Diseases have affected the production of the cassava in the East African region.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD) and Oxfam GB are hosting a National Agriculture learning event from 17-19 November 2009 here in Addis Ababa.
President Mugabe yesterday said the Government will not nationalise foreign-owned companies, but will insist on the 51 percent local ownership on all companies according to the country's indegenisation laws.
Ethiopia is inviting investors to lease three million hectares of agricultural land to increase food productivity and earn foreign exchange.
Ram sales has commenced at the Central Abattoir in Abuko as the Muslim feast Eid-Ul-Adha (Tobaski) is expected to be observed on the 28th of November. Our reporter visited the Abattoir and spoke to some ram sellers and customers who came to buy rams for the usual sacrifice.
Namibia Dairies and the Namibia Farmworkers' Union (NAFWU) have signed a wage agreement through which workers at the Mariental-based SuperFarm will receive 13th cheques coupled with a productivity bonus and flexible working hours.
African farmers are seeding prosperity. Just ask the woman they call "Marie Nerica" who is sowing a new breed of Nerica rice in Sierra Leone. She now produces enough to sell the surplus in local markets and to the government. Her success sprang from the government's renewed commitment to agriculture, sealed when it recently signed a compact known as the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development ...
The Government of Rwanda yesterday entered a groundbreaking agreement with US-based Eco-Fuel Global and UK's Eco Positive Ltd-which will see the two companies sink $250m in a project to produce bio-diesel.
Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL), the Agricultural Improvement and Land Access Programme (AILAP) and Ahafo Agribusiness Growth Initiative (AAGI), have jointly held an Open Day at Kenyasi, under the theme: "Increased Agricultural Production and productivity in Asutifi."
As preparation of Beijing +15 continues, Foroyaa has initiated a column entitled "Beijing +15 reflections" which deals with issues relating to the lives of women in the Gambia . In this edition, we publish the voices of women in the Greater Banjul Area who are engaged in the fishing sector.
Ocir-Thé -the agency that regulates tea activities in Rwanda predicts that volumes of made tea sold through the Mombasa auction will rise as the rainy season sets in.
