New Banana Virus Puts Uganda On Alert

Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has banned the sale and supply of 30 agrochemical…

South Africa’s 2007/08 sugar season is estimated to have produced 19.72 million tons of sugarcane, a 2.7% drop from last…

The multi-purpose plant, which could grow on Kenya’s vast areas of semi-arid land, also could meet a range of critical…

Power outages have disrupted irrigated wheat farming, lowering harvests to two-thirds of required amounts, and creating chronic bread shortages. Formerly…

Central to the program is a plan to provide credit to cotton farmers, textile manufacturers, and ginners at an 8%…

The total area planted to oilseeds in the 2006/07 season was 670,000 hectares (Ha), an increase of 89,000 Ha from…

Starting this season, the country has a new regulatory framework for buyers and merchants of cotton which aims to encourage…

Corn production leads Nigeria’s above-average grain harvest, which appears strong in nearly all parts of the country. With harvesting almost…

Production of both maize and sugarcane is forecast to be increasing thanks to favorable conditions in Zimbabwe this season. Most…