RWANDA – The Agricultural Public-Private initiative of Rwanda has received funding worth Rwf18 billion (US$19m) from The Netherlands to support the professionalisation of maize and potato value chain and rehabilitation of tea estate. The four […]
NAMIBIA – The government of Nambia in partnership with Spanish company, Indusrias Alimentarias de Navarra has inaugurated its first asparagus processing factory in the country’s northern region of Omusati. It is a result of a […]
MALAWI – Malawi government has launched a six-year Agricultural Commercialization project (AGCOM) with support from the World Bank of USD 95 million loan facility aimed at supporting 650,000 farming households to venture into commercial farming […]
INDIA – Coca-Cola India has signed a memorandum of understanding with Inidan agritech platform, Dehaat to increase production and sourcing of litchi fruits in east India. The companies will work jointly in a three-year project […]
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 […]
USA – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) have announced a new corporate agreement for the implementation of the produce safety rule. The Produce […]
SIERRA LEONE – ITOCHU Corporation, a Japanese general trading company, will be investing US$40 million in establishing a pineapple farm and processing plant in Sierra Leone. According to a Sierra Leone News report, the pineapple […]
KENYA – Kenya and the European Union (EU) have signed a deal for the implementation a US$4.1 million agricultural project that seeks to boost horticulture exports. The funding will be used for the implementation of […]
RWANDA – The government of Rwanda has unveiled plans of setting up an integrated fruit market aimed at reducing post-harvest losses, at an estimated investment of between US$22 million and US$27.43 million (Rwf20 and Rwf25 […]
USA – Del Monte Pacific Ltd will be closing several facilities in the United States as part of a restructuring program that seeks to bring down costs. The canned fruit manufacturer said it is closing […]
