Tanzania: Traders Defy Cereal Export Ban, But 104 Trucks Seized

Maize

Barely three days after Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa issued a directive banning export of food crops, the level of defiance among farmers and traders has remained astonishingly high as police in Kilimanjaro had, by yesterday, seized at least 104 trucks smuggling maize into neighboring Kenya.

Nigeria: Why Nigeria's Akinwunmi Adesina Won 2017 World Food Prize

AfDB president Akin Adesina.

The World Food Prize Foundation has explained why Akinwumi Adesina won the $250,000 2017 World Food Prize Laureate prize on Monday.

Nigeria: Govt to Provide Enough Fertiliser for Farmers in 2017

Fertiliser

The Federal Government said yesterday that adequate provision has been made for farmers across the country to have enough fertilize to grow food throughout the year.

Uganda: MPs Want Govt to Act On Sugar Prices

sugar

Parliament has poked holes in a statement by government explaining causes of the current sugar crisis characterized by high prices.

Uganda: Farmers Smuggle Animals Out of Quarantined Areas

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Authorities in Nakasongola District have admitted failure in the management and control of the foot and mouth disease (FMD) as some farmers smuggle animals out of from quarantined areas.

Uganda: GMO Bill Back in Parliament After Three Years On Shelf

A research maize field.

Parliament on Wednesday began scrutinizing the Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill 2012, which has been on the shelves for more than three years.

Kenya: Distribute Maize Fairly, Millers Tell CS Bett

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Willy Bett addresses journalists at Mombasa port after receiving imported maize

A dispute is brewing between millers and the Ministry of Agriculture over distribution of the imported subsidized maize.

Stakeholders urge FG to provide adequate infrastructures for farmers

Farmers

The Chairman of Abakalike Rice, Hon. Joseph Nnunu, has charged the Federal Government to make agricultural infrastructure readily available and accessible to farmers.

Foreign Affairs, CBN pallies NAPRI on Livestock

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The National Livestock Training Programme (NALIT), a public-Private sectors driven model to upscale livestock productivity, under the coordination of National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI) has received a positive nod from Federal Ministry of Foreign Affair (FMRA) and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to achieving market space expansion of the sub sector to the global world through engagement of the youths in capacity building towards standard products of fresh milk, meat and feeds production.

Zimbabwe: Agro Processors' Meeting Set for Tomorrow

Agro Processors'

Food fortification, Grain Marketing Board commercial activities and fertiliser availability are issues high on the agenda of the agro processors meeting to be held tomorrow.