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Kenya permits direct tea exports
Kenya has given local companies and farmers’ organisations the green light to directly export tea into international markets
New home-grown pesticide to fight Nigeria’s tomato crisis
Nigerian minister of science and technology Ogbonnaya Onu has announced that the federal government has developed a home-grown pesticide to fight the tomato pest – Tuta Absoluta – which has ravaged farms in the West African country
NAADS, WFP to build grain stores in Uganda
National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have signed an MoU to construct community grain stores in 10 districts of Uganda
China rolls out technology to improve farming in Aveyime
Farmers at Aveyime in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region are expected to boost their yields with the use of Chinese farming techniques