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COMESA invests in cassava SMEs to boost the crops competitiveness
29 Apr 2024 22:00 GMT
… DR, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
As a result … for farmers and processors include cassava flour as a replacement for wheat … the COMESA region is South Africa, India and China .In the …
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South Africa won’t be able to meet regional demand for white maize
29 Apr 2024 13:37 GMT
… and March hit crops hard in Southern Africa. (Conrad Bornman … the Southern African countries with poor harvests, such as Zimbabwe and Zambia, … of South Africa’s sunflower seed is planted in … grains in the world market, mainly yellow maize (also rice and wheat …
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Namibia to produce 72 150t of cereal
26 Apr 2024 20:19 GMT
… in the forecasted harvest, with all crop producing regions … 49% to the national cereal production,” Nghituwamata said. … numbers of farmers who have planted maize and wheat in … such as the Namibia Agriculture Mechanisation and Seed Improvement Project,” she …
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BII, Citi to support African SMEs with $100m
25 Apr 2024 02:50 GMT
… support African businesses with imports of key commodities such as wheat, fertiliser … , Uganda and Zambia.
The UK’s Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew … food production, including fertiliser and agricultural machinery. By investing in countries …
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BII, Citi Launch Risk-Sharing Facility To Boost African Economies
24 Apr 2024 20:54 GMT
… African businesses with imports of key commodities such as wheat, … , Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
The funding comes as … Minister for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell said: … production, including fertiliser and agricultural machinery. By investing in …
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Funds that belong to miners hang in limbo
29 Apr 2024 08:03 GMT
… “How much of the black southern Africa labour was exploited for at … years by this industry?”
In Lesotho and Transkei the cycle took … in the gold fields with agricultural activities in his sending village … join all others in mowing wheat in work parties, and his …
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Arda in mission to revive 460 irrigation schemes
24 Apr 2024 23:27 GMT
… managers will help in cropping, marketing, and availing … that managed to produce grain that was under Pfumvudza … by October this year, wheat harvesting should start.
The … programme, Agricultural Industry Development Support Institute for Southern Africa head …
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El Niño drought not a crisis for food basket but for white maize: analysts
29 Apr 2024 08:03 GMT
Agricultural analysts have remained optimistic that South Africa is not in … grains in the world market, mainly yellow maize (also rice and wheat … drop in the South African maize crop, which is down … in countries such as Zimbabwe and Zambia which are estimated …
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‘First Lady’s philanthropic work inspiring, admirable’
28 Apr 2024 23:12 GMT
… harvests will be lower than expected. Our food security in Zimbabwe … towards traditional grains to climate-proof agriculture. In your … advantage in producing wheat during winter compared … millet, sweet potatoes and African pear among other produce. …
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UPSC Key | 26th April, 2024 — Model code of conduct, Child care, Intellectual property and more
26 Apr 2024 12:57 GMT
… cigar and other factories, plantations and migrants. These laws … Saharan Africa currently grow staples (like rice and wheat) … in climate resilient agriculture to ensure food … movements in the African colonies of Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau …