Graça Machel Remarks At the Global Agribusiness Forum [press release]
Graça Machel Trust
Thank you to our Datagro hosts for convening us today and for the invitation for me to address this important forum that was so graciously extended to me by: Read more »
Salala Rubber Corporation Shutdown After Violent Protest, Leading to Over 800 Job Losses
FrontPageAfrica
In a significant blow to the local economy, the management of the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) has announced the immediate indefinite closure of its operations following a… Read more »
SRC Shuts Down Indefinitely
New Dawn
The Management of Salala Rubber Corporation or SRC, in Weala, Margibi County, has shut down indefinitely following last Thursday's violence by aggrieved workers, predominantly… Read more »
Tears of Gratitude As SA Harvest Brings Much-Needed Food to Nelson Mandela Bay [analysis]
Daily Maverick
After devastating floods in Kariega earlier this month, thousands of people were displaced, shelters were overrun and families lost precious possessions as robbers looted their… Read more »
Inside Rwanda's U.S.$5.4 Billion Agriculture Strategic Plan
New Times
The government is set to implement a five-year agriculture strategic plan expected to need an estimated Rwf6.988 trillion (or approx. $5.4 billion) to achieve the set targets to… Read more »
Dar Fish Export Increases By 40% in One Year
Daily News
TANZANIA'S fish export has increased by 41 per cent within one year, thanks to the growing sea products out- put--aquafarming. Read more »
Ethiopia Earns U.S.$ 1 Billion From Coffee Export in Ten Months
ENA
Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA) disclosed that coffee exports have brought 1 Billion USD to the country in revenue in ten months of the current fiscal year. Read more »
IGAD Scales Up Efforts to Enhance Food System Resilience
Nile Post
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), through its Agriculture and Environment Division, has intensified efforts to prioritize key areas of intervention to boost… Read more »
Seoul Inks Deal to Build Fishing Port in Zanzibar
Daily News
The Zanzibar ministry of blue economy and fisheries has signed an agreement of cooperation with the ministry of oceans and fisheries of the Republic of Korea for the… Read more »
Ethiopia Amasses 209 Mln USD From Coffee Export in 1 Month
Ethiopian Herald
Some 209 million USD was secured from coffee export in a month alone, the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA) revealed. Read more »
Kenyan Esther Kimani Bags £50,000 for Inventing Crop Pest Detection Device
Capital FM
Esther Kimani, a Kenyan, has been named the winner of Africa's biggest engineering prize, the Royal Academy of Engineering's Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Read more »
Youth Engagement in Agriculture Great Potential
Daily News
TANZANIA has great potential to food self-sufficiency, by producing food locally without importing from abroad if the young population is properly involved in the agricultural… Read more »
Saving Soils in Africa the Only Path Left to a Future
The Herald
Could the soil of Africa be developing an unstoppable malaise that will transform our continent from an innocent victim of climate change into its main driver? Read more »
65% of Nigerians Depend On Agriculture - NBS
Daily Trust
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in collaboration with the World Bank, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the Food and Agriculture Organisation… Read more »
Federal Govt Invests in Climate-Smart Agriculture to Enhance Food Security
Leadership
The Federal Government said it is investing in climate-smart agriculture to enhance food production and promote agroforestry and conservation agriculture amidst challenges posed by… Read more »