Discarded industrial fishing gear accounts for about 10% of the more 12 million tons of plastic waste that ends up in the world's oceans every year, according to WWF.Read more »
The government has launched an exercise to supply free agricultural inputs to cashew farmers across the country. The initiative comes after President Samia Suluhu Hassan endorsed ... Read more »
In 26 years, Nigeria's textile sector has lost over 117,000 jobs. According to the Textile Association of Nigeria, the sector could lose more jobs if the government does not ... Read more »
After being blocking Ugandans sugar for over three years Tanzania has had a change in mind and accepted Ugandans sugar into their market. This comes shortly after Tanzania Presid Read more »
The government signed an U.S.$80 million deal with coffee firm Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited (UVCC), to establish a coffee processing plant at Namanve industrial park. The ... Read more »
Agripreneur Mira Mehta and her team at Tomato Jos have worked hard to produced a Nigeria-made tomato paste from locally grown tomatoes. Mehta says Prosper Africa has been ... Read more »
The government has called on research institutes in the country to liaise with farmers, to identify areas on where to grow strategic crops and increase productivity. Arusha ... Read more »
Tanzanian MPs, during a parliamentary debate on the 2022/2023 budget, said that more effort is needed to ensure that farming contributes more to the country's GDP. The MPs ... Read more »
The greater Kafue National Park and West Lunga ecosystem complex was once home to an abundance of ancient rosewood trees and a host of other endemic and endangered species. ... Read more »
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente has handed over Mulindi Tea Factory - Rwanda's largest tea factory - to 5,000 smallholder farmers in Gicumbi District, a move expected to help ... Read more »
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