AllAfrica News: Agribusiness

Zimbabwe: GMB Maize Deliveries Top 110 000 Tonnes

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 09:45:16 GMT

[The Herald] Farmers have so far delivered 110 000 tonnes of maize to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) and are continuing to be paid the bonus for early deliveries.

Zimbabwe: Utilise Land or Lose It - VP Chiwenga

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 09:13:12 GMT

[The Herald] Farmers not using their farms fully risk having them repossessed or reduced to sizes they can use productively, so agricultural production can rise and play a pivotal role in the attainment of an upper middle-income economy by 2030.

Tanzania: Agriculture Makes Remarkable Strides in Five Years

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 09:02:49 GMT

[Daily News] AGRICULTURE sector grew by an average of 5.2 per cent in the past five years and still remains one of the biggest pillars of the country's economic growth.

Kenya: Youth, Women in Agribusinesses to Receive Sh10.8 Billion Funding to Upscale Their Businesses

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 07:45:23 GMT

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A section of Kenyan women and youth in agribusiness are set to receive Sh10.8 billion funding to upscale their business, at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has slowed down the country's economic activities with thousands being rendered jobless.

Tanzania: Minister Demands Investigation On GMOs

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 07:38:30 GMT

[Daily News] MINISTER of State on the Vice-President's Office (Union and Environment), Mussa Azzan Zungu has directed the National Biotechnology Advisory Committee (NBAC) to investigate Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), which are alleged to have ill motive of causing hunger in Africa.

Tanzania: TADB, Councils to Build Cashew Warehouse

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 07:38:29 GMT

[Daily News] THE Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) in Nanyumbu District, and Masasi and Mtwara Cooperative Union (MAMCU) leaders have agreed on building a cashew nut warehouse to improve storage of the crop and reduce costs borne by cashew nut growers.

Namibia: Kawana Calls for Viable Proposals for Fisheries

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 06:37:25 GMT

[Namibian] FISHERIES minister Albert Kawana has challenged those who are against the auctioning of fishing quotas for governmental objectives to come up with concrete proposals as alternatives.

Tanzania: How Agriculture Sector Performed in the Last 5 Years

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 17:12:30 GMT

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- The 2015 election manifesto of the ruling party CCM targeted to develop agriculture in the country.

Namibia: Fishing Industry Rejects Quota Auctioning

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 13:17:44 GMT

[Namibian] THE fishing industry does not approve of the decision to auction off the country's fishing quotas on an open market.

Tanzania: RC Applauds NBC for 114.7 M/ - Alms to Agri Sector

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 08:42:39 GMT

[Daily News] THE National Bank of Commerce (NBC) has released 114.7m/- to support education and agricultural activities in Simiyu Region, which supplements the government's efforts to boost the sector's growth in the area.

Tanzania: Tadb Dishes Out 27bn/ - for Coffee Purchase in Lake Victoria Zone

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 08:42:36 GMT

[Daily News] TANZANIA Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) has dished out 27bn/- to four Lake Victoria Zone cooperative societies to buy coffee from Kagera and Mara farmers this season.

Nigeria: House Committee Tasks Tank Farm Owners On Safety of Lagos Residents

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 07:57:25 GMT

[This Day] Members of the House of Representatives' Ad hoc Committee on the Removal of Tank Farms from residential areas, yesterday inspected tank farms in Kirikiri, Satellite Town and Ijegun areas of Lagos State following complaints from residents on their safety.

Nigeria: Sterling Bank Extends Farmers' Radio Show

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 07:35:20 GMT

[This Day] Sterling Bank Plc has extended coverage of its Farmers' Radio programme to cover the six-geo-political zones of the country.

Kenya: U.S. Dairy Farmers Seek Free Access to Local Market

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 07:16:28 GMT

[Nation] US dairy farmers want unfettered access of their milk products to the Kenyan market in the proposed free trade agreement between Nairobi and Washington, which could have far-reaching implications on Kenya's milk farmers.

Ethiopia: Project Commences Wheat Cultivation

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 15:46:54 GMT

[Ethiopian Herald] ADISS ABABA - A total of 1,951 hectares of land has been cultivated wheat for the first time through the Shebele River Irrigation Development Project , Ministry of Agriculture(MoA) disclosed.

Tanzania: Saving Banks Trains 300 Farmers On Inputs

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:31:13 GMT

[Daily News] MORE than 300 farmers have received training on savings that would assist them in buying inputs such as fertiliser or pesticides at a later time.

Liberia: NaFAA Reacts to Environmental Justice Foundation's Assertions On Chinese Trawlers - ...

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:16:32 GMT

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) says it registers with utmost dismay, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) report Captioned "Liberian Fishing Communities Threatened By Chinese Supertrawlers", dated July 14, 2020, published on the EJF's website (https://ejfoundation.org/news-media/liberian-fishing-communities-threatened-by-chinese-supertrawlers).

Zimbabwe: Funding Success for Zimbabwe's Fish Farmers

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:12:18 GMT

[New Zimbabwe] FISH farming is getting increasingly widespread in Zimbabwe, thanks to a joint drive to promote it.

Zimbabwe: Enclosing Cattle On Crop Fields Helps Restore Soil Fertility

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:40:30 GMT

[The Herald] In Chinyika village, Gutu district, smallholder farmers appear to have found a novel strategy to restore soils, damaged from decades of chemical use and mechanical ploughing: they are driving cattle onto their crop fields and enclosing them there for a period of time, at least seven days.

Kenya: KTDA Threatens to Sue Munya Over Tea Reforms Timelines

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:10:42 GMT

[Nation] The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has threatened to take legal action against Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya for releasing an implementation timeline for tea reforms before they are approved by Parliament.