Follow AllAfrica News: Agribusiness, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-agribusiness Sun, 19 Sep 2021 21:13:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfvy3zT07lATGUZPHFZJLI3I [Daily News] PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has directed cashew nut growers to add value to the crop in order to fetch more money from the booming global demand.]]> Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:11:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfvy3zT07lATGUZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsVtziXWeh_1J8v71dCn6bG [FAO] Florence -- QU Dongyu emphasizes the need to address long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 14:14:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsVtziXWeh_1J8v71dCn6bG https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsU5q35qumW5bG7Iy_4u0x9 [Namibian] VELD fires are continuing to destroy grazing areas in the Omusati region's Okahao constituency.]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 13:19:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsU5q35qumW5bG7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsU5q35qumW5WhamfNIiY2W [Monitor] In Uganda, 74 per cent of farming households grow cassava but the majority of them are poverty-stricken communities, with very limited access to markets. More than 96 per cent of the cassava farmers access low cassava planting materials from their own fields or from fellow farmers.]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 13:12:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsU5q35qumW5WhamfNIiY2W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsU5q35qumW5Yvmyuk5fxzE [The Herald] FOR almost 10 years, a vast tract of arable land, which forms Bubi-Lupane Irrigation Scheme in Lupane, Matabeleland North Province, has been lying idle despite its huge potential to improve the locals' livelihoods.]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 12:09:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsU5q35qumW5Yvmyuk5fxzE https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGftm4uqeLXTTPrmyhX6zo8SW [New Era] The Agricultural Bank of Namibia (Agribank) has introduced an anonymous whistleblower platform where unethical, corrupt or fraudulent activities can be reported by staff, members of the public and other stakeholders. In a statement issued yesterday, the bank said it is committed to the highest standards of ethical, moral and legal business conduct.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 16:11:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGftm4uqeLXTTPrmyhX6zo8SW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGftm4uqeLXTTPrG7Iy_4u0x9 [SciDev.Net] Nairobi -- Increasing agricultural productivity on existing farmland could ensure sustainable and resilient food systems in Africa and boost biodiversity through preservation of forest and grassland ecosystems, a report says.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:47:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGftm4uqeLXTTPrG7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGftm4uqeLXTTPmnhpmeYcemU [Nation] Business was Thursday paralysed at the Rumuruti livestock auction market in Laikipia County following clashes between herders and locals, as an MP arrested over the violence was released by a Nakuru court.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:15:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGftm4uqeLXTTPmnhpmeYcemU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGftm4uqeLXTTPlRpWVnEcNkS [Nation] Horticulture farming is gaining popularity in the North Rift region as high production costs push hundreds of farmers to diversify to alternative investments with attractive returns.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:15:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGftm4uqeLXTTPlRpWVnEcNkS https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGftm4uqeLXTTPsfGo0LrnZNO [This Day] Moses Ekpo, Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom commends the vision of his principal, Governor Udom Emmanuel, concluding that the governor has let out the genie in the agriculture sector of the economy]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 14:45:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGftm4uqeLXTTPsfGo0LrnZNO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfu5Rv_ve2N9oIMOI2eu70Rg [Times of Zambia] THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has received more than 200,000 empty grain bags from suppliers to distribute to satellite depots where there is a reported shortage to continue with the procurement of maize.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 14:19:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfu5Rv_ve2N9oIMOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsndNysEhRl4G0dX84dnP8Y [Ghanaian Times] Agrihouse Foundation, is set to hold a press launch on Wednesday, September 15, towards the 11th edition of the Annual Pre-harvest Agribusiness Conference and Exhibitions.This year's Pre-harvest event is on the theme,'Working Together to Improve Market Channels for Agri-foods Beyond the Pandemic."]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 12:59:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsndNysEhRl4G0dX84dnP8Y https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsndNysEhRl4HHnycKeoCpf [Ghanaian Times] The Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC), Ghana Shippers Authority (GSA), and the shipping lines ferrying Ghana's cocoa exports to the international market have agreed to increase cocoa freight charges by five percent for the 2021/2022 cocoa season, which starts on October 1.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:30:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsndNysEhRl4HHnycKeoCpf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsndNysEhRl4KgHTd9OkkKt [Nyasa Times] Farmers will this year part ways with K15, 000 to redeem two bags of fertilizers each in the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP), the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Lobin Lowe, has disclosed.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:07:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsndNysEhRl4KgHTd9OkkKt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsndNysEhRl4M4HQhe4ZUzd [Ghanaian Times] The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has rallied Indian investors and others worldwide to pursue investment opportunities in Ghana's agricultural sector for optimum returns.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:07:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsndNysEhRl4M4HQhe4ZUzd https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsndNysEhRl4Om6srrLMsqK [The Herald] Farmers and contractors are getting ready for the next tobacco season with more farmers already registered with the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board and a target of 210 million kg set to combine the growing number of farmers and the expected good weather conditions.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:41:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsndNysEhRl4Om6srrLMsqK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsndNysEhRl4OGkz6RCC25z [The Herald] The just-completed rebranding of the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) has helped re-align the authority's work with the developmental aspirations being pursued by the New Dispensation.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:24:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsndNysEhRl4OGkz6RCC25z https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsndNysEhRl4AVLTsI7B9NX [AIM] London -- The government of South Korea, through its Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), has donated 5.7 million US dollars to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for its project to support smallholder farmers in the central Mozambican province of Sofala.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:14:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsndNysEhRl4AVLTsI7B9NX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsP-u5KfwfRBi3FFO_xyF25 [The Herald] A commercial farmer in Marondera has commended Government for empowering indigenous people through allocation of land and has urged other beneficiaries of the land reform programme to fully utilise their farms to ensure the nation is food self-sufficient in line with goals set in Vision 2030.]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:48:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsP-u5KfwfRBi3FFO_xyF25 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsP-u5KfwfRBn1d0VB8z-7c [Daily Trust] Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has signed into law, a bill to prohibit open rearing and grazing of livestock which provides for the establishment of ranches and livestock administration, regulation and control.]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:43:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsP-u5KfwfRBn1d0VB8z-7c