ZIMBABWE – The European Union has injected £7.3m (US$8m) into Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector to boost pig and goat farming in the country aimed to improve production and market competitiveness. Pig Producers Association of Zimbabwe (PPAZ) […]
EAST AFRICA – The European Union has injected £2m (US$2.2m) into the European Union Development Fund’s E€OFISH programme initiated in the Lake Victoria region to boost sustainable fisheries for the blue economy. The overall objective […]
ZIMBABWE – The government of Zimbabwe and the European Union have officially launched the €10 million Zimbabwe Economic Partnership Agreement Support Project (ZEPA) that is expected to boost small to medium scale enterprises. The ZEPA […]
SEYCHELLES – A new sustainable fisheries partnership agreement and protocol between Seychelles and the European Union (EU) is expected to be signed during the second half of February. The sustainable fisheries partnership agreement is a […]
LIBERIA – Solidaridad West Africa in partnership with the European Union, has penned a memorandum of understanding for the implementation of the US$4M Cocoa Value Chain Development Program (COVADEP) in Liberia which Solidaridad is expected […]
SOMALIA – The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has handed over 12 fishing vessels with inboard diesel engines to Puntland State authorities in Somalia. “The vessels are another contribution from the Coastal Communities […]
KENYA – The European Union (EU) has reviewed its policy on the maximum residue levels (MRLs) for several pesticides allowed on horticulture imports from Kenya by lowering the permissible limits. According to an update by […]
AFRICA – The European Union (EU) has injected US$44.5m to fund a five-year program, FISH4ACP aimed at developing a sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group States (ACP) in partnership with […]
GHANA – The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has introduced an innovative oven for smoking of fish that reduces the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbonsn(PAH) in smoked fish to 0.3ppm/kg which is less compared to the European […]
KENYA – The County Government of Makueni, Eastern Kenya, has entered into partnership with Micro Enterprise Support Programme Trust (MESPT) and secured funding from the European Union (EU) through DANIDA to implement food safety systems […]
