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 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 00:46:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfvm8kXbUiMDerG7Iy_4u0x9 [Nile Post] In this dissertation, I intend to examine the possible reasons why the Teso Fruit Factory and the entire effort of promoting orange growing in Uganda have failed. My interest in the subject matter has been raised by the news reports that government has given green light for the factory in Soroti to be privatized and that earnest efforts are already underway to finding a suitable buyer/investor.]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 14:01:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfvm8kXbUiMDerG7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfvEVMWNBhtc0Ap41t9tiERU [FrontPageAfrica] Robertsport -- The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), in partnership with the National Fisheries & Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), and with support from the European Union-funded Communities for Fisheries project, has conducted elections for new leaders for fishermen, fishmongers, and processors in Grand Cape Mount County.]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 12:15:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfvEVMWNBhtc0Ap41t9tiERU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfvEVMWNBhtc0ETXPGaG87AR [FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has launched a five-year project called GROW-2, funded by the Embassy of Sweden.]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 12:15:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfvEVMWNBhtc0ETXPGaG87AR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGftWjwMaoY6b0GnhpmeYcemU [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nairobi is set to host the Agro-Food pack Exhibition, which seeks to boost local enterprises production capacity.]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 09:22:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGftWjwMaoY6b0GnhpmeYcemU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGftzf7J5hYNrFyoxzwoq1nFt [AFSA] 21 September 2023 - Local communities impacted by the operations of Belgium's SIAT Group are rising up in unity against land and human rights abuses. From Ghana to Nigeria and Ivory Coast, these communities seek an end to a decade-long conflict tied to SIAT's extensive plantations.]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 18:09:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGftzf7J5hYNrFyoxzwoq1nFt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfv4_efoblD9uGsGk81fO-bN [FAO] Bolstering Nigeria's booming catfish sector to help feed Africa's most populous country]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 18:01:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfv4_efoblD9uGsGk81fO-bN https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfs3_ZLLX0WHwQX50KYzL9tX [Ghanaian Times] The Veterinary Services Directorate (VSD), has called on butchers to obtain the requisite permit before setting up abattoirs to ensure sale of wholesome animal products to the general public.]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:29:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfs3_ZLLX0WHwQX50KYzL9tX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfs7YI27yLEoJCVCAQLB0bf5 [ENA] Addis Ababa -- :- The Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA) disclosed that Ethiopia has earned 140 million USD from 27,000 tons of coffee exported in last August alone.]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 09:20:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfs7YI27yLEoJCVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsJ7t_iGAtrORtLdxSOwF-n [Parliament of South Africa] The residents of the Western Cape Province's Cape Winelands District expressed their full support for the Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land (PDAL) Bill during public hearings that were conducted by the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on the Bill yesterday at Van Huyssteem Avenue Indoor Sports Centre in Worcester.]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 11:02:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsJ7t_iGAtrORtLdxSOwF-n https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGftpfITX9G0Xv4vmyuk5fxzE [Daily News] PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan is upbeat about the newly launched 280bn/- Kilwa Masoko Fishing Port project in driving Tanzania's ambitious blue economy agenda.]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:37:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGftpfITX9G0Xv4vmyuk5fxzE https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsM7coVGHewvq7VFky8BpXO [Ayin English] With the war now in its fifth month in Sudan, farmers in key agricultural areas across the country were unable to access state and institutional support, severely affecting crop production, and inducing future food insecurity. The lack of functioning state authorities and agricultural banks has led to irrigation canals remaining unattended and a dearth of fertilisers and other essential tools for local farmers during the summer agricultural season. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2023 08:43:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsM7coVGHewvq7VFky8BpXO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfuznXk9e7fXMnKSkciKEY1s [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has exported its first batch of avocados to India as the country seeks to expand its market in Asia.]]> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:00:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfuznXk9e7fXMnKSkciKEY1s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfvLIzZMbMWdX3Mq2h3ehXEp [Daily Trust] The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the federal government with Cuba on food security and agriculture advancement on the sidelines of the G77 + China Leaders' Summit.]]> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:53:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfvLIzZMbMWdX3Mq2h3ehXEp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsNBKURG-QPbLG7Iy_4u0x9 [Ghanaian Times] Majority of young people have positive attitude towards agriculture, and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), a new study has revealed.]]> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 10:14:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsNBKURG-QPbLG7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfuHjBj9vhxFbC3FFO_xyF25 [Daily Maverick] South Africa's agricultural exports amounted to$3.4bn in the second quarter of this year, up by 0.1% year on year, according to data from Trade Map.]]> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:55:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfuHjBj9vhxFbC3FFO_xyF25 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsfTcYBCATe0Yvmyuk5fxzE [Namibian] More cattle were slaughtered in abattoirs inside the country than were exported live during the second quarter of 2023, in line with the country's drive for value addition.]]> Sat, 16 Sep 2023 13:19:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsfTcYBCATe0Yvmyuk5fxzE https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfuK1k5ghytaGslTP0vptTFR [SciDev.Net] Nairobi -- Commitments made at the first African Climate Summit, which will form the basis of talks at COP28 last this year, failed to address adequately the challenges facing the continent's army of smallholder farmers, civil society groups told SciDev.Net.]]> Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:51:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfuK1k5ghytaGslTP0vptTFR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfvSPymWeu6Al0TXPGaG87AR [Ghanaian Times] The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has suspended the entrant and registration of new artisanal canoes for three years, effective October 1, 2023.]]> Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:33:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfvSPymWeu6Al0TXPGaG87AR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfuz7tpA6VOKJwX50KYzL9tX [IPS] Dar es Salaam -- Experts at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, have called on African governments to make and review existing policies to protect the processing and agro-industrialisation of locally produced agricultural products.]]> Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:10:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfuz7tpA6VOKJwX50KYzL9tX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsklmbNR8lCUbb9ICM-PHur [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) announced the Fellows in the second Cohort of its Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship. The two-year career development program aims to grow a pool of confident and capable mid-career African women to lead policy changes to improve African smallholders' livelihoods, particularly women.]]> Fri, 15 Sep 2023 09:45:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/YoTvg0yBGfsklmbNR8lCUbb9ICM-PHur