Tanzania: Plans Afoot to Insure Farmers
The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) and the Tanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority (TIRA) are finalising the formation of a special unit to oversee the establishment of an insurance cover for crops and farms to ensure farmers are indemnified from various risks, especially the vagaries of weather.
Africa: Road to Rio - Improving Energy Use Key Challenge for World's Food Systems
Agriculture's heavy dependence on fossil fuels is undermining the sector's ability to feed the world, perpetuating poverty and undermining efforts to build a more sustainable world economy, FAO said today.
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Tanzania: Cashew Processing to Be Done Locally
Dodoma  THE government on Thursday underscored the need to increase processing cashew nut locally to ensure a reliable local market for the crop.
Mine to Boost Agriculture
Windhoek  Namibian Marine Phosphate (NMP), which continues to draw attention from environmental groups over its mining methods for the phosphate deposits at the Namibian ocean bottom, says the mining output will play an important role in food security in Namibia, and in the entire southern African region.
