The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) is currently struggling to sell imported maize. The maize in question was imported under the subsidy program meant to cushion consumers from high flour ...
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Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural economist at FNB Agri-Business South Africa : Following a stellar performance in 2017, South Africa’s agriculture output shrank by massive 29.2% in the ...
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2017 World Food Prize Laureate and President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina With over 800 million people worldwide suffering from hunger and more than two billion affected by ...
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By Sabine Dall’Omo, CEO for Siemens Southern and Eastern Africa By 2050, an estimated 1.4 billion people will be living in an African city. In Nigeria alone, 189 million people will have moved to a ...
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By Nita Karume : Zimbabwe’s 2018 flue-cured tobacco deliveries currently stand at US $696m with a record 238 million kilograms. The previous record was back in 2000 at 237m kg. According to ...
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Agribank has obtained a US $30m line of credit for purposes of supporting the country’s agriculture sector. The funds, sourced from the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDCSA), ...
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Scientific evidence shows that African economies are already reeling from the devastating effects of climate change, further exacerbating their development challenges. Of the 10 countries in the ...
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ARC Chairperson Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Bank President Akinwumi Adesina at the High-Level Panel “We talk about integrating Africa. We cannot integrate countries that are fragile, ...
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Israel is presently working with Ethiopia as well as other East African countries to improve agriculture. The initiative includes developing new technologies. Computer drip irrigation is one of such ...
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One of the debate topics at this year’s Nation in Conversation is around the importance of economies of scale, and the benefits of having an economy of scale in business, and specifically in South ...
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