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  • Students display their spirulina project at the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium

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  • Cassava Weed Management Project Records Progress Nigeria

    NIGERIA, 2015/06/17 Heads of implementing partner institutions comprising the National Root Crops Research Institute(NRCRI), Umudike; Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta(FUNAAB), and the University of Agriculture Makurdi (UAM) have said they are proud of the evolution made in the implementation of the Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP)-a project that is led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). In a briefing session with the Project Coordinating team in Makurdi, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Agriculture Makurdi, Prof Emmanuel Kucha thanked the team for a good job and reechoed the support of the University to the project. Prof Kucha who was represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor of UAM, Prof John Ayoade said the equipment donated to the University by the project were of great help to research. He commended the team for efficient and effective sharing of data on the activities of the project through the newsletter and social media, and as well called on other projects to emulate the IITA-CWMP.

  • Where's the Farmer's Consent? G8 'New Alliance' Hurts Africa, Says Activists

    NIGERIA, 2015/06/06 From Nigeria to Tanzania and a lot of points in between, small-scale farmers say they have not been consulted at the same time as large agribusiness, working under the G8's New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition come to push farmers off their land. Farmers in rural Bagamoyo district in Tanzania have been ordered off their land next EcoEnergy, a Swedish-owned company, leased additional than 20,000 hectares from the government to produce sugar cane. They were not consulted, says says Josephat Mshigati, the chief of programmes and policy for Action Aid in Tanzania.

  • Low Milk Intake Hurts Dairy Industry in Uganda

    UGANDA, 2015/04/25 Low consumption of milk in Uganda remains one of the major factors behind the sluggish increase of the dairy industry, Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda has said. According to the Dairy Development Authority [DDA], it is estimated that 1.05 billion litres is marketed, while 0.45 billion litres is consumed by the producing households. "Our average consumption of milk is still low. It is presently estimated at 60 litres per person per year as compared to the recommended 200 litres per person per year. The increase in consumption will in turn trigger production," Rugunda said.

  • Women coffee entrepreneurs from Africa and Latin America are tapping new business opportunities

    AMERICAS, 2015/04/25 Next participating in business-to-business meetings in Seattle, Washington, African and Latin American women coffee entrepreneurs stand to sell 378 tons of coffee. Women coffee entrepreneurs from Africa and Latin America are tapping new business opportunities and making sales through connections arranged by the International Trade Centre (ITC) in partnership with the International Women's Coffee Alliance (IWCA). Next participating in business-to-business meetings with United States-based importers and roasters on the sidelines of the Specialty Coffee Association of America's (SCAA) annual event from 9-12 April in Seattle, Washington, they made provisional agreements to sell a combined 21 containers - or 378 tons - of coffee beans for about US$ 1.25 million. The sales will be finalized in coming weeks next coffee samples are exchanged and contracts are signed.

  • Zimbabwe: More Farmers Register to Grow Tobacco

    ZIMBABWE, 2015/02/13 At least 88 640 farmers have registered to grow tobacco this year, up from 87 281 last year, although 26 375 who sold the crop last year have not from presently on listed, the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board has said. In its weekly statement, the TIMB said at least 16 540 new farmers had registered. The TIMB said the number of new communal farmers this season dropped from 16 936 last year to 10 105 while the number of new A1 farmers rose from 4 056 last year to 5 347 this year.

  • South Africa: West Coast Rock Lobster Mortalities Exceed 200-Tons

    SOUTH AFRICA, 2015/02/13 The West Coast Rock Lobster (WCRL) mortalities have exceeded 200-tons as 80-tons of WCRL were washed out in Eland's Bay on Wednesday morning. This as a result of the harmful algal bloom (HAB) that was detected on the West Coast additional than a week ago. This pushes the total tonnage of mortalities in the HAB to over 200-tons. Last weekend, nearly 30-tons of WCRL washed out or got stranded in Eland's Bay and around 6-tons were rescued during the clean-up operation.

  • Africa: Record Harvests, Falling Oil Prices Bring More Affordable Food

    AFRICA, 2015/02/03 Record harvests and falling oil prices have helped to push food prices to a four-year low, improving the affordability of food in nearly three quarters of nations surveyed, according to data from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The new World Food Security Index shows that world food prices dropped 2.8 % between September and November, 2014. Food became additional affordable in 79 out of 109 nations, with Hungary and Botswana seeing the biggest improvements in affordability.

  • Gambia: Gov't to Licence Dealers in Basic Food Commodities

    GAMBIA, 2015/01/16 The government of The Gambia has introduced a new measure that will licence or authorise importers, distributors inclunding major and minor retailers of essential food commodities in the country. The measure, jointly announced Tuesday by the ministers of Trade, Regional Integration and Employment, and Lands and Regional Government, Abdoulie Jobe and Momodou Aki Bajo respectively, is expected to kick-in next month. Officials said the move is meant to ensure a fairer and honest pricing of essential food commodities in the country, hence curbing tendencies of exploitation.

  • Algeria expands fertiliser production with new plant

    ALGERIA, 2015/01/09   Algeria expands fertiliser production with new plant En Français Fertiliser production is increasing in Algeria, thanks in part to two new major sites already online and a third due to start early 2015. In the first nine months of 2014, export revenue from fertilisers almost tripled from a year ago to $657m, with ammonia and urea the biggest sellers, accounting for one-third of non-hydrocarbons exports, second only to oil derivative products. Exports of ammonia alone doubled year-on-year to reach $421.7m between January and September 2014. The highest growth rate, however, came from other mineral fertiliser products, primarily urea. Mineral fertiliser exports jumped more than tenfold to $235.3m in the same period thanks to the addition of a second production plant, Sorfert, in August 2013.
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