Kenya receives US$5.9m grant from EU to boost cereal production post COVID-19
KENYA – Kenya has received a Kshs 643 million (US$5.9m) grant from the European Union…
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EU injects US$7.3m in agricultural research project in Malawi to promote sustainable agriculture
MALAWI – Malawi launches a €6.3 million (US$7.3m) project dubbed Development of Smart Innovation through…
EU funded AgriBiz program to support 200 Kenyan women and youth led agribusiness initiatives with US$206m
KENYA – The European Union agribusiness programme dubbed AgriBiz, launched in Kenya to address the…
EU promotes agro-ecological transition in Mauritius with Smart Agriculture project
MAURITIUS – Mauritius has kick start the ‘Smart Agriculture Project’ funded by the European Union…
EU extends the Banana Accompanying Measures programme in Cameroon
CAMEROON – The European Union has extended the Banana Accompanying Measures (BAM) programme being implemented…
EU launches US$47.8m Agribiz Programme to support Kenyan youth & women led agribusiness initiatives
KENYA – EU funded agribusiness programme dubbed AgriBiz, has been launched in Kenya, expected to…
European Union injects US$8m to boost livestock farming in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE – The European Union has injected £7.3m (US$8m) into Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector to boost…
EU promotes sustainable fisheries for blue economy in the Lake Victoria region
EAST AFRICA – The European Union has injected £2m (US$2.2m) into the European Union Development…
Zimbabwe joins forces with EU on €10m project to boost entrepreneurship
ZIMBABWE – The government of Zimbabwe and the European Union have officially launched the €10…
Seychelles and the European Union to sign new fisheries agreement
SEYCHELLES – A new sustainable fisheries partnership agreement and protocol between Seychelles and the European…
Solidaridad, EU sign US$4m partnership agreement to develop Liberia’s cocoa value chain
LIBERIA – Solidaridad West Africa in partnership with the European Union, has penned a memorandum…
Somalia’s aquaculture sector receives major boost from the FAO
SOMALIA – The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has handed over 12 fishing…
EU lowers the maximum residue level for several pesticides allowable on horticultural imports from Kenya
KENYA – The European Union (EU) has reviewed its policy on the maximum residue levels…
Africa to benefit from US$44.5m EU fisheries and aquaculture program
AFRICA – The European Union (EU) has injected US$44.5m to fund a five-year program, FISH4ACP…
FAO’s improved fish processing method boosts Ghanaian fish industry
GHANA – The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has introduced an innovative oven for smoking…
EU supports Makueni county in implementation of food safety systems
KENYA – The County Government of Makueni, Eastern Kenya, has entered into partnership with Micro…
EU injects US$16.5m into Ethiopia’s coffee sector to boost production
ETHIOPIA – The European Union (EU) has issued funding worth €15 million (US$16.5m) to the…
Private equity fund unveils US$9.19m to support agribusinesses in Uganda
UGANDA – The Yield Uganda Investment Fund, an European Union (EU) backed agribusiness impact fund…
EU proposes to increase price transparency in food supply chain
EU – The European Commission has proposed to increase price transparency in what it says…
EU fines AB InBev US$224m over higher beer prices in Belgium
EU – The European Union has fined AB InBev, the world’s largest brewer US$224 million…
EU launches US$1.27m aquaculture project in Ghana to enhance growth in the value chain
GHANA – The European Union (EU) in partnership with the local government arms have launched…
Swiss government says coffee ‘not essential’, stockpiling to end
SWITZERLAND (Reuters) – Switzerland on Wednesday announced plans to abolish the nation’s emergency stockpile of…
EU to pump US$166.74m in Ghana’s agriculture to boost food security
GHANA – The European Union, has committed US$166.74 million (£147 million) as an intervention to…
EU grants Uganda US$4.1m to boost coffee and cocoa sector
UGANDA – The European Union (EU) has granted Uganda US$4.1 million to boost the country’s…