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Tanzania: African Relief Organisation To Invest Sh3 Billion For Irrigation Project

Dar es Salaam — The African Relief Organisation is investing Sh3 billion on the first phase of its irrigation project on the Rufiji Basin, the company announced yesterday.   The organisation is discussing with the Rufiji Basin Development Authority (Rubada) to implement the project which is scheduled to start this farming season, according to the chairman for the organisation's board of trustees, Sheikh Abdallah Ndauga.   The.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 8th December 2016

Tea Auction to be automated in East Africa

The East Africa Tea Trade Association (EATTA) has signed a financing agreement with TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) that will enable automation of the tea auction in Mombasa. TMEA will provide financing of US$ 1.5 million.   The automation is expected to reduce the tea trading cycle by about 65% from the current 45 – 60 days to less than one month.   Reduced delays will ensure that farmers receive timely payments negating need.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 8th December 2016

Ethiopia Secures U.S.$114 Million Funding for Small-Scale Irrigation Program

Ethiopia has secured a 114.5 million dollars loan agreement from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The money will be spent on developing small-scale irrigation systems in rural Ethiopia. The project is expected to impact 108, 170 households. Kanayo F. Nwanze, president of IFAD, and Mulugeta Alemseged, Ethiopian Ambassador to Italy, signed the loan agreement in Rome, Italy.   The money will be used for the.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 8th December 2016

More Pulse Crop As Dar Eyes Ready Indian Market

 Tanzania plans to use the National Service, JKT and Prisons Department to increase agricultural production, notably in leguminous crops, as it eyes exporting six million metric tonnes of pulses to Indian markets. India, the world largest consumer of pulses, takes about 50 per cent out of the 13.6 million tonnes produced annually, with Tanzania contributing only 2.5 per cent. According to Indian Deputy High Commissioner to Tanzania,.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 8th December 2016

Baskin-Robbins to launch in SA

 South Africans need to have something special to look forward to this summer - and ice cream fans will welcome the arrival of the world’s largest chain of ice cream specialty shops, Baskin-Robbins. South African franchise holder, Grand Foods, has announced that the official launch will take place on Friday, 9 December at 11am at the Canal Walk Shopping Centre in Cape Town. According to Euromonitor the volume consumption of ice.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 7th December 2016

Agripreneurs Take the Spotlight

 On Friday 2nd December 2016, close to 25 young African agricultural entrepreneurs from various countries in the continent were welcomed at the AfDB's headquarters in Abidjan as part of a seminar and series of experience-sharing workshops. The event was organized by the Bank's Agriculture and Agro-Industries Department (OSAN), which is led by Chiji Ojukwu and supported by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, as well as.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 6th December 2016

Organic Methods for grain storage

 Coverage — Sorghum is the third most important cereal crop grown in Uganda after maize and finger millet. It is widely grown in the north and east. It particularly does well in drought-prone Karamoja, where it occupies more than 80 per cent of the total crop hectarage. Sorghum is also grown in areas such as the Kigezi region, and on small scale in other parts. Yields. Yields of up to 800 kilogrammes per hectare can be obtained.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 5th December 2016

Ending hunger and enabling food security in Africa

 Researchers, policy-makers and development partners converge in Abuja, Nigeria, for the 11 African Economic Conference (AEC) from December 5-7, 2016, to share ideas on topical African development issues including how to end hunger and ensure food security in Africa. About 300 participants are expected to attend the annual event co-organised by the African Development Bank (AfDB), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and.... Read more »

Posted on : Saturday , 3rd December 2016

Tanzania: Govt Urged to Review Tax Legislations to Boost Investment in Agriculture

The government has been urged to swiftly review its tax legislations to allow local and multinational companies to heavily invest on agriculture sector, thus spurring economic growth.   Denmark Ambassador to Tanzania Mr Einar Jansen said at a REPOA-UN Wider joint conference in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the overly tax burden was slowing inclusive economic growth.   According to the latest World Bank Report on Doing Business,.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 30th November 2016

Chinese Assisting with Advanced Agricultural Technology in Ethiopia

Chinese instructors working in various Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education Training (ATVET) colleges in Ethiopia are assisting the advancement of skills in agricultural technology, Coordinator of the Chinese ATVET Project in Ethiopia said.   Coordinator Dr. Li Roggang told ENA that the Chinese instructors specialized in veterinary, agriculture mechanization, plant science and natural resource fields are providing practical.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 29th November 2016

Tanzania: Fertiliser Price Regulation Step in Right Direction

 Agriculture is the mainstay of the Tanzanian economy, employing about 72 per cent of the workforce and contributing up to 80 per cent of export earnings and over 90 per cent of all food requirements.   Low productivity and poverty are two glaring features of the sector which is dominated by small-scale farmers and is mainly rain-fed and therefore, vulnerable to weather vagaries.   It is difficult to tell exactly what comes.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 25th November 2016

Africa: Rural Job Creation Holds the Key to Development and Food-Security Goals

 Ibadan — Harvesting the benefits of core agricultural research, which often bears on improved crop varieties and plant diseases, increasingly depends on the social and economic conditions into which its seeds are sown.   It is a sign of the times that Kanayo F. Nwanze, the president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development who started off as a cassava entomologist when ITTA posted him to Congo in the 1970s, was.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 24th November 2016



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