Investments & Funding
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Tanzania sets up new information center for all genetic materials in the seed industry
TANZANIA – Tanzania is setting up a new genetic reference library to serve as an information center for all genetic materials in the seed industry…
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Syngenta opens Kenya’s first Crop Protection Development center in Kiambu
KENYA – Global agricultural science and technology solutions provider, Syngenta, has commissioned its first Crop Protection Development (CPD) Knowledge Centre in East Africa based in…
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Senegal plans to pump US$1.9m into fruit fly control program
SENEGAL – Authorities in Senegal are making haste to maintain the country’s reputation in horticulture exports with the implementation of a 1.2 billion CFA francs…
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SAB to inject US$0.3m into water replenishing program in Greater Cape Town Region
SOUTH AFRICA – South African Breweries (SAB), a major brewery headquartered in Johannesburg, has committed to invest US$300,000(approx. R5.5 million) over three years in replenishing…
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Africa to benefit from US$10 billion food production fund; AfDB
AFRICA – The African Development Bank (AfDB) is on track to mobilize US$10 billion over the next 5 years to increase food production and eradicate…