Tanzania, UN Ink $2 Million Pacts to Fight Armyworms

Armyworms

The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has entered into two agreements worth $2million with the Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries to boost surveillance of Fall Armyworm (FAW) across the country.

 

Nigeria Earns N13.5 Billion From Cashew Nuts, As Govt Shores Up Non-Oil Exports

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Nigeria's effort to diversify the economy appears to be yielding results with increased revenue from cashew nuts and other agriculture products' export.

Micro-Dams Contributing in Agricultural Development

Micro-dams being built in Eritrea.

The micro-dams built in 2013 in the Geleb sub-zone, Anseba region, are significantly contributing in the agricultural development in the sub-zone and thus improving the socio-economic lives of the residents.

Russia Makes Room for Black SA Winemakers

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Black-owned wine companies will get a foot into the Russian market when a group of importers visit South Africa next week.

Nigerian yam: US accepts, UK rejects

Association of Yam Farmers, Processors and Marketers, Nigeria meeting going on at Federal. Ministry of Trade and Investment, Abuja. In the Middle, the President, Prof. Simeon V. Irtowange, at Right, Nat. Secretary, Mr. Musa Adam and left, Nat. Deputy President Mr. Nissan Damoerom.

·        *Madlion indicts minister, others, asks minister to resign

·        *Association denies report, puts records straight

Contrary to a news item making the rounds in the media that all the yams exported by Nigeria recently were rejected, the Association of Nigerian Yam Farmers, Processors and Marketers has denied the allegation, describing the reports as sheer mischief by misguided elements just as Executive Director of Admirer Environmental Care, Kaduna, Mr. Shedrack Madlion asked the minister, Chief Audu Ogbeh to resign for bungling the initiative. The association reacted through its president, Prof Simeon V. Irtowange after a meeting held at Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment in Abuja.

Africa: AfDB, Brazil to Train African Youth in Cassava Processing

Youth in Cassava Processing

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Brazil-Africa Institute (BAI) have launched the Youth Technical Training Program (YTTP) - an initiative that aims to train young African professionals in research and technology transfer, contributing to local capacity development.

Black Market Sells Scarce Bread in Eastern Sudan's El Gedaref

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Bread is being sold in the black market in El Gedaref in Sudan as the flour shortage endures in the state.

A resident told Radio Dabanga from the state in eastern Sudan that the price of a loaf of bread in the black market has amounted to 80 pence instead of 50 pence.

The meeting of Association of Yam Farmers, Processors and Marketers, Nigeria meeting going on at Federal. Ministry of Trade and Investment, Abuja. In the Middle, the President, Prof. Simeon V. Irtowange, at Right, Nat. Secretary, Mr. Musa Adam and left, Nat. Deputy President Mr. Nissan Damoerom. The association debunked the African Independent Television (AIT) report on ban of Nigerian yams in UK saying the story is a misrepresentation and contrary to what is presently going as the yams are currently in the market being purchased.

The meeting of Association of Yam Farmers, Processors and Marketers, Nigeria meeting going on at Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment, Abuja.

From the Gracious Heights of Our Fine Wine Industry to the Badlands of the Poor and Starving

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Not everyone who participates in the world of Cape wine is a recreational consumer of the fruits of our vineyards: there are other consumers, living in communities where hope for a better life has long ago faded into the gloom of despair, and where alcohol - cheap wine, and cheaper so-called ales - as well as tik and nyaope are used to block out the vista of desperation extending endlessly into the future.

Govt Says Unaware of Kenya's Border Wheat Import Fee Hike

Wheat

The government has said it is not aware of Kenya's decision to raise inspection fee on Tanzania's wheat exports by 13 times.