Agro Food

Cereals board seeks agents to buy beans, rice in food security drive

Cereals board seeks agents to buy beans, rice in food security drive

The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) will start buying rice and beans, beginning with 15,000 bags at the end of this month. In a notice published this week, NCPB said it wi…...

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Cereals board seeks agents to buy beans, rice in food security drive

Cereals board seeks agents to buy beans, rice in food security drive

The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) will start buying rice and beans, beginning with 15,000 bags at the end of this month. In a notice published this week, NCPB said it wi…...

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Kenya launches US$13.9m coffee revitalization project in partnership with the World Bank

Kenya launches US$13.9m coffee revitalization project in partnership with the World Bank

KENYA – The Kenyan governmentin partnership with the World Bank has launched phase one of coffee revitalization project to a tune of Ksh 1.5 billion (US$13.9m) concessional loan in…...

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Sisal earnings jump 27pc in first quarter

Sisal earnings jump 27pc in first quarter

Earnings from sisal grew 27 percent in the first quarter of the year compared with corresponding period of 2019 even as the regulator projects a decline in the next review owing to …...

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Morocco’s Production Can Cover Vegetable Demand Until December 2020

Morocco’s Production Can Cover Vegetable Demand Until December 2020

Rabat – Morocco’s vegetable productioncan cover the national market’s demand until December 2020, revealed Moroccan Minister of Agriculture Aziz Akhannouch on Friday, April 10.Th…...

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New water bottling company in Ethiopia joins the burgeoning Industry

New water bottling company in Ethiopia joins the burgeoning Industry

ETHIOPIA – Kefeta Spring Water, anew water bottling company in Ethiopia has joined the competitive industry withan investment of 62 million Br (US$1.9m) and partial financing from …...

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APP OFFERS HOPE FOR FARMERS IN THE FACE OF COVID-19

APP OFFERS HOPE FOR FARMERS IN THE FACE OF COVID-19

Covid-19 pandemic has affected millions of people worldwide.Most have been asked to stay indoors to curb the spread of the highly-contagious disease. This is as some 208 countries h…...

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Ghana Grains Council, BUSAC Fund collaborate to promote standards in the grain industry

Ghana Grains Council, BUSAC Fund collaborate to promote standards in the grain industry

Ghana Grains Council (GGC) in collaboration with the Business Sector Advocacy Challenge Fund (BUSAC Fund) (an advocacy financing initiative of USAID and DANIDA) is embarking on amon…...

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Farming key to upper middle income status

Farming key to upper middle income status

The outputs of Kenya’s agricultural sector, if targeted as a raw material for use by industry, could easily transform the country into an upper-middle-income economy in one generat…...

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Company plans Sh50m avocado farm

Company plans Sh50m avocado farm

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