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  • Tobacco Farmers Against WHO Proposals 2012-11-06

    KENYA, 2012/11/06 The Kenya Tobacco Farmers Association (KETOFA), representing 40,000 tobacco farmers, has joined the world campaign in opposition of the publication of new proposals to regulate tobacco farming by the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).  

  • Mathira Mushroom Farmers Receive Sh0.5 Million Boost 2012-11-06

    KENYA, 2012/11/06 MOUNT Kenya Umbrella Self Help Group in Mathira East District will benefit from extra than Sh 0.5 million grant from the United States African Development Foundation Fund in conjunction with the U.S Embassy's Special Self-Help Fund.  

  • Rwanda: Rwf1 Billion Yet to Be Recovered From Fertiliser Loans, Agric Ministry 2012-11-01

    RWANDA, 2012/11/01 The Ministry of Agriculture is planning to recover over Rwf 1billion of unpaid credit extended to farmers to purchase fertilisers.According to the coordinator of the national fertiliser programme at the ministry, Dr Charles Murekezi, the total amount loaned out to farmers for season A of 2012 was Rwf3.49 billion. However, only Rwf 2.10 billion has been repaid to date.The programme stipulates the repayment period to be during or immediately after harvests.

  • Kenya: Consumers Warned On Food Additives 2012-10-23

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  • New Nut Company Eyes Gambia's Groundnut Seed Production Sector 2012-10-18

    GAMBIA, 2012/10/18 The director of government at New Nut Company has spoken of his institution's desire to embark on quality groundnut seeds production in The Gambia.

  • Mauritania's Date Palms, Cultural Heritage and Means of Survival 2012-10-15

    MAURITANIA, 2012/10/15 "The palm tree is a means of survival," said Tahya Mint Mohamed, a 44-year-old Mauritanian farmer and mother of three children. "We eat its dates; we make mats, beds and chairs from palms; the leaves are as well used to make baskets and to feed our livestock."

  • Genetically Modified Foods Are Safe to Eat - Scientis

    GHANA, 2012/10/13 Contrary to the arguments by individuals and civil society groups that Genetically Modified (GM) products are dangerous for human consumption, a research scientist at the Savanna Agriculture Research Institute, Dr Ibrahim Kwasi Atokple, has claimed that GM foods are safe and have no adverse health implications as widely speculated.

  • Malawi sits on untapped gold 2012-08-29

    MALAWI, 2012/08/29 Fruits and vegetables contain magic and power of transforming women relying on their husbands on everything including bringing food on the table into breadwinners. To prove it, one just has to visit Magomero in Chiradzuru about 40 Km from Malawi's commercial city, Blantyre in the south. Here one meets Magomero Food Processing Enterprise (MFPE), a 10-member women group established in 2002 and learns on how price addition on fruits and vegetables transformed them from just housewives into breadwinners.

  • Cashew nut farmers and traders in Guinea Bissau 2012-08-21

    GUINEA-BISSAU, 2012/08/21 Cashew nut farmers and traders in Guinea Bissau have been left holding tonnes of produce after India  slashed imports, and the low prices being offered are increasing hardship in the coup-prone West African country. "Amount of us - the farmers association, cashew nut producers and other operators - are trying to find a solution to this cashew nut export crisis," said Mama Samba Embalo, the chief of the Guinea-Bissau Farmers Association.
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