"We have managed to make almost all abattoirs across the country implement a food safety management system that helps them meet international standards", says Abebaw Mekonen, ... Read more »
The president has blamed the beneficiaries of the government's 122 million coffee seedlings for not adapting to the drought. He has encouraged farmers to embark on sustainable use ... Read more »
President Yoweri Museveni has warned that spending money on food relief may force the government to halt key infrastructure projects. Read more »
Army worms have destroyed hundreds of acres of maize crops in the country's North Rift area. "This spells doom for us when coupled with the high cost of farm inputs, the drought in ... Read more »
The new road project will help the Omo Kuraz Sugar Project to supply sugar and other products to market outlets and will also contribute to boosting tourist inflow to the Omo ... Read more »
Chinese funding is enabling the building of six new ports, two new airports, a railway, and what is being touted as the biggest and most dynamic free trade zone in Africa, ... Read more »
President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed the government to implement recommendations made by a 14-member taskforce which looked into the the miraa farming sector. A key suggestion is ... Read more »
The struggling farmers in Zimbabwe had been hopeful of finally getting a good harvest following the first heavy rains in nearly three years, but a variety of new problems, from ... Read more »
A Lagos High Court has ordered the Nigerian Bottling Company, which makes Coca-Cola products in Nigeria, to include a written warning on bottles of its products that they cannot be ... Read more »
Vertical farms use high-tech lighting and climate controlled buildings to grow crops like leafy greens or herbs indoors while using less water and soil, writes Esther Ndumi Ngumbi ... Read more »
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