Tanzania: Varsity to Offer Seed Breeding Lessons
Morogoro – Despite the fact that Tanzania hasn’t yet accepted the use of Genetic Modified seeds, the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) says that it has been offering such lessons for the past 12 years in order to equip the country with global modern technological change in plant breeding.
Tanzania: Morogoro Coffee Farmers to Increase Output
Morogoro – MOROGORO has a huge potential of producing more coffee than Kilimanjaro and Arusha regions combined, thus attracting authorities to revamp the crop. The efforts have started to bear fruits as during the 2011/12 season almost half of 146 villages in Morogoro District were actively involved in coffee production, where 3,000 hectares were cultivated and some 155 tonnes harvested.
Nigeria: Agriculture Sector to Create 3.5 Million Jobs
President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland, hosted the first meeting of Nigeria’s new Eminent Persons Group (EPG). The newly formed group of influential global leaders will be expected to advise the President on actions to help achieve Nigeria’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda.
The group will also provide a global platform to encourage investment in the country’s agricultural sector.
New UN Programme to Improve Livelihoods of Thousands of Farmers in South Sudan
Some 30,000 vulnerable farmers in South Sudan will be able to benefit from a new United Nations programme that aims to improve their livelihoods by boosting the quality of the seeds they use to produce key crops.
The $612,000 programme, which will be implemented with the support of France and South Sudan’s ministry of agriculture, will target several states for one year, training farmers in the production, storage and marketing of quality seeds and cuttings of staple crops such as maize, cassava, cowpeas and sorghum.
