AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS
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Farmer on Fire and Founders Connect team up to empower and ignite passion in young farmers
KENYA – Farmers on Fire has partnered with Founders Connect to provide training and skills development to young farmers in the country with different farming…
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Court grants Twiga Foods legal relief in liquidation lawsuit
KENYA – Agritech firm, Twiga Foods, has successfully obtained a court order blocking the liquidation notice issued by Incentro Africa Limited, which sought to recover…
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Morocco records less revenue despite record-breaking volume of frozen raspberry exported in 2022/23
MOROCCO – Morocco has recorded a significantly low revenue from frozen raspberries exported to Spain despite high volume exports of the fruit in 2022/23. According…
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Oxfam organizes Farmer-managed seed systems training for Uganda farmers
UGANDA – Oxfam in collaboration with Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Uganda, has organized a 5-day Farmer-managed seed systems (FMSS) training drill to educate…
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South African citrus exports to reach 159 M carton in 2023, projects CGA
SOUTH AFRICA – The CEO of Citrus Growers Association (CGA), Justin Chadwick, has issued a positive projection of 159.0 million cartons for this year’s citrus…
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Morocco expands blueberry acreage targeting 100,000-ton export by 2030
MOROCCO – The blueberry cultivation acreage in Morocco has increased by 800 hectares to a total of 4,800 hectares as the country aims to achieve…
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NAB reopens border for fresh produce imports to Namibia from October 1-31
NAMIBIA – The Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) has opened the border for the importation of more crops than it has put on the closed list…
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The Agri Sector faces looming trouble as above-average rainfall expected in Southern Africa
SOUTH AFRICA – The agricultural conditions in South Africa could seriously be affected by the unusually high rainfall patterns expected over the western and southwestern…