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Boost for poultry industry: Vencomatic in partnership with Agric Ministry secures $200 million loan to establish poultry farms

BrennaSeptember 15, 2021September 15, 2021

by BrennaSeptember 15, 2021September 15, 202102163

A Dutch poultry company, Vencomatic Group in partnership with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the Ministry of Finance will be establishing poultry farms...

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Kenya: Community Disease Reporters Saving Livestock in Turkana

BrennaAugust 30, 2021

by BrennaAugust 30, 202101385

Turkana County is predominantly a pastoral region where many people depend on livestock for their livelihoods. But according to Kidirio Etan Esinyen, a herder in...

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FAO hands over Poultry Feed Mill to farmers in Kaiaf, LRR

BrennaAugust 15, 2021August 15, 2021

by BrennaAugust 15, 2021August 15, 202102105

The Gambia produces about ten percent of the poultry meat and eggs consumed by its estimated population of 2.2 million people. In 2019, the country...

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Uganda: Rakai Cattle Farmers Cross to Tanzania Over Drought

BrennaAugust 15, 2021

by BrennaAugust 15, 202101557

An acute water shortage caused by drought has forced some livestock farmers in Rakai District to cross to the neighbouring Tanzania. The most affected farmers...

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CBN: N791bn disbursed to over 3m farmers under Anchor Borrowers’ Programme

BrennaAugust 15, 2021

by BrennaAugust 15, 202101200

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says over three million farmers have benefitted from the N791 billion disbursed under its Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). Yusuf Yila, CBN’s director of development...

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Kenya plans to boost horticulture exports to China

BrennaAugust 9, 2021

by BrennaAugust 9, 202101758

Kenya is seeking to increase its horticulture exports to China in order to boost its revenues, the industry said on Monday. Ojepat Okisegere, CEO of...

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Assin South District Directorate of MoFA enforces measures to protect 80 poultry farms against Bird Flu

BrennaAugust 9, 2021

by BrennaAugust 9, 202101174

The Assin South District Directorate of Food and Agriculture has intensified biosecurity measures to protect more than 100,000 birds in 80 farms to prevent the...

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Global fast-food chains slackening on Africa’s poultry welfare

BrennaAugust 9, 2021

by BrennaAugust 9, 202101193

Multinational fast-food chains have scored poorly in the promotion of welfare of farmed chicken in Sub-Saharan Africa to the detriment of the environment and human...

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Technology for agric transformation available in Nigeria – ADB Chief

BrennaAugust 5, 2021August 5, 2021

by BrennaAugust 5, 2021August 5, 202101267

The Chief Agricultural Economist, African Development Bank (ADB), Abidjan, Dr Jonas Chianu, has declared that Impactful technologies and innovations that could lead to agricultural transformation...

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Farmers Embracing Technology To Predict Rainfall

BrennaAugust 5, 2021

by BrennaAugust 5, 202101280

The youth are fast embracing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to modernize and improve agricultural activities in the country to keep the sector at par...

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Boost for poultry industry: Vencomatic in partnership with Agric Ministry secures $200 million loan to establish poultry farms

Kenya: Community Disease Reporters Saving Livestock in Turkana

FAO hands over Poultry Feed Mill to farmers in Kaiaf, LRR

Uganda: Rakai Cattle Farmers Cross to Tanzania Over Drought

CBN: N791bn disbursed to over 3m farmers under Anchor Borrowers’ Programme

Kenya plans to boost horticulture exports to China

Assin South District Directorate of MoFA enforces measures to protect 80 poultry farms against Bird Flu

Global fast-food chains slackening on Africa’s poultry welfare

Technology for agric transformation available in Nigeria – ADB Chief

Farmers Embracing Technology To Predict Rainfall

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