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  • 9000 Kenyan Farmers Sign Deal with Bidco to Supply Soya Beans

    Posted on :Monday , 14th March 2016

    Edible fats and oils manufacturer Bidco Africa has signed a contract with 9,000 small-scale farmers in Meru County for the supply of soya beans and sunflower seeds as it seeks to boost its production.

     
    Under the terms of the agreement Bidco said it will promptly pay upon delivery the farmers' produce at competitive prices.
     
    Bidco CEO Vim. . .

  • Rwanda to Decentralize National Grain Strategic Reserve

    Posted on :Thursday , 10th March 2016

    The Ministry of Agriculture has embarked on a move to decentralise the national grain strategic reserve down to the sector level.

     
    The move is expected to enhance food security readiness in case of famine.
     
    Emmanuel Kayiranga, the chairperson of post-harvest handling and storage taskforce at the ministry, said the initiative will not onl. . .

  • Significant scope for Africa's agriculture to benefit from India's experience

    Posted on :Saturday , 5th March 2016

    India Inc. has said that with Africa's farm sector projected to grow to $1 trillion by 2030, there is significant scope for the continent's agriculture to benefit from India's experience.

     
    In a forward to a global accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report on agricultural partnership between India and the 54-nation continent, the secretary general of the Fed. . .

  • Priority area in China-Africa relations - Agriculture

    Posted on :Saturday , 5th March 2016

     Agriculture has been identified by Africa as a priority development area in the China-Africa strategic partnership.

    The agricultural sector is regarded as an engine for socio-economic development in most African countries. According to the African Union (AU), agriculture accounts for about one-third of the continent’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and more than two-thirds . . .

  • Kenya Food Security Project to Get Additional Funding from Israel

    Posted on :Thursday , 25th February 2016

    The Israeli firm contracted by Kenya to undertake trials for the Galana-Kulalu food security project will have get funding in the next few weeks.

     
    Green Arava had been facing cash flow problems that had delayed the project which was due to be completed in March this year.
     
    The government is pushing the firm to deliver the 10,000 acre mod. . .

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