World Bank Support for Boosting Food Production in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia
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The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit of US$ 89.4 million to support efforts of the Governments of Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia to boost food and farm productivity.
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Africa’s share of GMO crops rises
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 March 2013 07:16
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For the first time since the introduction of biotech crops almost two decades ago, developing countries have grown more hectares of the crops than industrialised countries, contributing to food security and further alleviating poverty.
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Africa’s food markets could create one trillion dollar opportunity by 2030
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 March 2013 06:57
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Africa’s farmers and agribusinesses could create a trillion-dollar food market by 2030 if they can expand their access to more capital, electricity, better technology and irrigated land to grow high-value nutritious foods, and if African governments can work more closely with agribusinesses to feed the regions fast-growing urban
SABMiller’s cassava beer set to boost agriculture in Ghana
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SABMiller has launched a cassava beer in Ghana, the global brewing giant said on Thursday, and this will bolster its strategy of wooing low-income home-brew drinkers in African markets.
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