Agri-Business
Rwanda fights potato taste in coffee:
Activists up in arms over seeds laws EAC meet to scaleup war on aflatoxin Poland to help Tanzania make tractors Uganda cereal farmers earn big Zanzibar cassava yields up Project to boost legumes underway
Agri-Business Monday, Mar 31, 2014
KIGALI, Rwanda - A two-day Symposium was recently held in Kigali to find ways of dealing with the potato taste defect in the East African coffee.
By: Agnes Bateta
Five countries join forces to tackle cassava diseases:KIGALI, Rwanda - A two-day Symposium was recently held in Kigali to find ways of dealing with the potato taste defect in the East African coffee.
By: Agnes Bateta
Agri-Business Monday, Mar 31, 2014
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique and Kenya have joined hands to fight Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) and Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) in the region.
By: Leonard Magomba
Rwanda targets rice surpluses by 2017:DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique and Kenya have joined hands to fight Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) and Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) in the region.
By: Leonard Magomba
Agri-Business Monday, Mar 24, 2014
KIGALI, Rwanda - Rwanda has seen continuous growth in rice production which indicates substantial reductions of imports of the crop by 2017.
By: Agnes Bateta
Tanzania keen for Israeli expertise:KIGALI, Rwanda - Rwanda has seen continuous growth in rice production which indicates substantial reductions of imports of the crop by 2017.
By: Agnes Bateta
Agri-Business Monday, Mar 24, 2014
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Tanzania’s green revolution is now coming up for the better after the country invited the state of Israel and its business men with an aim exploiting the expertise in the agriculture sector.
By: Kenan Kalagho
Zanzibar improves cloves productivity:DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Tanzania’s green revolution is now coming up for the better after the country invited the state of Israel and its business men with an aim exploiting the expertise in the agriculture sector.
By: Kenan Kalagho
Agri-Business Monday, Mar 24, 2014
UNGUJA, Tanzania – Zanzibar enjoys a cool tropical climate favorable for the production of many warm-climate crops, but clove trees have largely filled its landscape, particularly on the island of Pemba.
By: Leonard Magomba
Maize varieties to be commercialized :UNGUJA, Tanzania – Zanzibar enjoys a cool tropical climate favorable for the production of many warm-climate crops, but clove trees have largely filled its landscape, particularly on the island of Pemba.
By: Leonard Magomba
Agri-Business Monday, Mar 24, 2014
KAMPALA, Uganda - Maize Farmers who have been expecting to plant the new improved maize varieties at the National Crop Resources Research Institute (NACRRI) in Namulonge, have to wait until 2015. This is because the trial gardens at the institute have not
By: Samuel Nabwiiso
Post-harvest waste disturbs Zanzibar
:KAMPALA, Uganda - Maize Farmers who have been expecting to plant the new improved maize varieties at the National Crop Resources Research Institute (NACRRI) in Namulonge, have to wait until 2015. This is because the trial gardens at the institute have not
By: Samuel Nabwiiso
Agri-Business Friday, Mar 21, 2014
UNGUJA, Zanzibar - Zanzibar has been in 40% post harvest loss on root and tuber crops. This loss is from the farmer’s get to the consumption.
By: Leonard Magomba
Zanzibar fishers get Japanese aid:UNGUJA, Zanzibar - Zanzibar has been in 40% post harvest loss on root and tuber crops. This loss is from the farmer’s get to the consumption.
By: Leonard Magomba
Agri-Business Monday, Mar 17, 2014
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - The Zanzibar government has received a $8.5 million Japanese grant for the development of the Malindi fish landing and marketing facilities in Zanzibar.
By: Kenan Kalagho
Uganda tobacco giant in profit dip:DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - The Zanzibar government has received a $8.5 million Japanese grant for the development of the Malindi fish landing and marketing facilities in Zanzibar.
By: Kenan Kalagho
Agri-Business Sunday, Mar 16, 2014
KAMPALA, Uganda - British American Tobacco Uganda (BATU) profits before tax slipped 8.32% in the last financial year.
By: Paul Tentena
Koreans show interest in Uganda fruits:KAMPALA, Uganda - British American Tobacco Uganda (BATU) profits before tax slipped 8.32% in the last financial year.
By: Paul Tentena
Agri-Business Sunday, Mar 16, 2014
KAMPALA, UGANDA - South Korean investors are to establish a fruit processing, packaging plant in Uganda in a move which aimed at adding value to the locally produced horticulture.
By: Samuel Nabwiiso
Farmers to acquire business skills:KAMPALA, UGANDA - South Korean investors are to establish a fruit processing, packaging plant in Uganda in a move which aimed at adding value to the locally produced horticulture.
By: Samuel Nabwiiso
Agri-Business Sunday, Mar 16, 2014
UNGUJA, Zanzibar - Farmers in Zanzibar are being encouraged to acquire business entrepreneurial skills, a move that will develop the agricultural sector and reduce poverty.
By: Leonard Magomba
Bassaza: Using farming for social interaction:UNGUJA, Zanzibar - Farmers in Zanzibar are being encouraged to acquire business entrepreneurial skills, a move that will develop the agricultural sector and reduce poverty.
By: Leonard Magomba
Agri-Business Sunday, Mar 16, 2014
KAMPALA, Uganda - A visit to Dr.Gudulla Naiga Bassaza’s farm brings the term ‘Learning through word of mouth’ to context. Guide Leisure Farm is a learning environement that promotes agro learning and social entrepreneurship.
By: Winnie Mandela
Disease ravages Tanzania crops:KAMPALA, Uganda - A visit to Dr.Gudulla Naiga Bassaza’s farm brings the term ‘Learning through word of mouth’ to context. Guide Leisure Farm is a learning environement that promotes agro learning and social entrepreneurship.
By: Winnie Mandela
Agri-Business Monday, Mar 10, 2014
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - The spread of crop diseases is threatening food security in the two main regions of the Lake Zone. The diseases according to Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB), are Cassava Mosaic, Brown Streak, Maize Letha
By: Leonard Magomba
Uganda rains expected in April:DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - The spread of crop diseases is threatening food security in the two main regions of the Lake Zone. The diseases according to Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB), are Cassava Mosaic, Brown Streak, Maize Letha
By: Leonard Magomba
Agri-Business Monday, Mar 10, 2014
KAMPALA, Uganda - The Department of Meteorology has released the weather forecast for the three months; March April and May.
By: Samuel Nabwiiso
KAMPALA, Uganda - The Department of Meteorology has released the weather forecast for the three months; March April and May.
By: Samuel Nabwiiso
Activists up in arms over seeds laws EAC meet to scaleup war on aflatoxin Poland to help Tanzania make tractors Uganda cereal farmers earn big Zanzibar cassava yields up Project to boost legumes underway