Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Ivorian government raises farmgate cocoa prices by 50% in bid to encourage more production
IVORY COAST—The Ivorian government is currently implementing a substantial increase i [...]
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Date: 03-Apr-2024
Finland’s Onego Bio secures €27 million in funding to boost sustainable protein production
FINLAND—Onego Bio, a US-Finish food biotechnology firm, has recently concluded its Se [...]
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Date: 03-Apr-2024
Rwanda: Beekeepers Get Tips On Smart Hive Technology to Increase Honey Production
[New Times] The University of Rwanda's African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things (ACEIoT) on March 30, conducted an awareness session for beekeepers associated with cooper [...]
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Date: 03-Apr-2024
Zimbabwe: Irrigation Acceleration Vital for Food Security
[The Herald] This season's El Nino drought has stressed the need for Zimbabwe to move as fast as possible to develop irrigation capacity for both fully irrigated crops and for supp [...]
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Date: 03-Apr-2024
Zimbabwe: Strides Made in Crafting Agric Sector Database
[The Herald] The Agricultural Marketing Authority's recent extension of the deadline for the submission of expressions of interest for the provision of a National Biometric Farmer [...]
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Date: 03-Apr-2024
Zimbabwe: Farmers Welcome Incentive Prices, Recommend Timely Payments
[The Herald] Edgar Vhera -- FARMERS have welcomed the recently announced wheat and maize incentive prices and called for the timely disbursement of payments so that they effectivel [...]
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Date: 03-Apr-2024
Zimbabwe: Ai Programme to Stimulate National Herd Growth
[The Herald] As efforts to rebuild the national herd intensify, the Department of Veterinary Technical Services has teamed up with the livestock research unit to initiate a nationw [...]
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Date: 03-Apr-2024
Africa: Upscaling Transformative Agricultural Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa
[World Bank] In the heart of sub-Saharan Africa, amidst the fields of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria, I bore witness to something truly remar [...]
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Date: 03-Apr-2024
Relief for Australian wine producers as China lifts imposed tariffs
AUSTRALIA – After three years of punitive tariffs, China has announced the lifting of [...]
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Date: 02-Apr-2024
Diageo, Kraft Heinz receive funding to enhance clean energy initiatives
US – The US Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations has announ [...]
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Date: 02-Apr-2024
PepsiCo to invest US$400M in two renewable energy powered plants in Vietnam
VIETNAM – U.S. food and beverage giant PepsiCo has announced plans to invest an addit [...]
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Date: 02-Apr-2024
Uganda’s sugar industry grapples with plummeting prices amid duty-free imports
UGANDA – The duty-free sugar import window granted to some East African Community (EA [...]
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Date: 02-Apr-2024
Kenya’s tea industry embraces innovative technology to combat climate change
KENYA – Kenya’s tea manufacturing sector is spearheading a technological revolution [...]
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Date: 02-Apr-2024
Kemin Food Technology welcomes Brian Odino as Technical Sales manager for North America
USA— Kemin Food Technology, a leading supplier of meat preservation technologies, has [...]
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Date: 02-Apr-2024
McDonald’s India teams up with Lotus Biscoff to introduce new desserts.
INDIA—, McDonald’s has partnered with Belgian multinational snack company Lotus Bis [...]
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Date: 02-Apr-2024
Togolese President launches new poultry complex to boost local production
TOGO—Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé has launched the construction of a poultry [...]
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Date: 02-Apr-2024
ECOFIN proposes Ivorian cocoa sales’ system overhaul to benefit farmers and state amid rising cocoa prices
IVORY COAST—The Ivorian forward sale of cocoa is currently under scrutiny for potenti [...]
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Date: 02-Apr-2024
Nigeria: Impacting Agricultural Development in Nigeria: The WOFAN Story
[Mastercard Foundation] This story is about supporting women and young people in rural Nigeria with the knowledge and skills needed to thrive in agriculture. It's dubbed ''the WOFA [...]
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Date: 02-Apr-2024
Nigeria: Gates Foundation to Support Kano Govt With Pests-Resistant Beans Seeds
[Leadership] The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is supporting the Kano State Government with anti-pests beans (Cowpeas) seeds as a means of boosting production of the crop, as w [...]
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Date: 02-Apr-2024
Mozambique: Almost 220.000 People At Risk of Food Insecurity in Sofala
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's relief agency, the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD), has announced that almost 220.000 people may be at risk of foo [...]
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Date: 02-Apr-2024
Louis Dreyfus strengthens soluble coffee business with Cacique acquisition
BRAZIL – Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), a leading merchant and processor of agricultura [...]
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Date: 27-Mar-2024
Kenya shuts thousands of liquor joints in crackdown against illicit brews
KENYA – In efforts to combat illicit brews, drug abuse, and substance abuse in Keny [...]
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Date: 27-Mar-2024
Constellation Brands emerges winner in trademark dispute with Anheuser-Busch InBev
US – In a significant legal battle between beverage giants, a U.S. appeals court has up [...]
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Date: 27-Mar-2024
Guinness Nigeria extends transition period for change in distribution model
NIGERIA – Guinness Nigeria PLC, a subsidiray of beverage giant Diageo, has announced [...]
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Date: 27-Mar-2024
EU regulations to ban Kenyan coffee from deforested land
KENYA – Kenya’s coffee industry faces a significant challenge as new regulations fr [...]
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Date: 27-Mar-2024