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FAO Food Price Index: food price posts sharpest decline since Dec
ROME, ITALY — Prices of global agricultural food commodities declined sharply in July, led lower by steep drops in dairy and sugar, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United…
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The Africa Green Revolution Forum: Agri-entrepreneurs should take full advantage
The Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) is due to take place in Kigali next month and organisers will not come empty headed. Smart agri-business entrepreneurs might walk away from the forum with…
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INTERNET OF THINGS: Why technology will disrupt and transform our agriculture
Agriculture is critical to some of Africa’s biggest development goals. The sector is an engine of job creation. Farming alone currently accounts for about 60 percent of total employment in sub-Saharan…
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Uganda to open EA’s largest organic fertilizer in Tororo
Sitting on a 600-acre piece of land, the Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group-owned industrial complex in Tororo District, will produce about 300,000 tonnes of organic fertilisers annually, making it the biggest organic fertiliser…
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Low maize prices worry MPs, government tasked to prevail over falling prices
Members of Parliament are worried about the low maize prices in the country and have tasked government to explain the reasons behind the price stagnation. Hon Pentagon Kamusiime (NRM, Butemba County) told…
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Nebbi District Local Government Enact Cassava Regulation
The Nebbi district cassava regulation was drafted and presented by the production committee of Nebbi District Council that sat on 15th June 2017
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Confronting the Elephant in the Room: Civil Society and the Question of Sustainability
A think-piece developed for the DGF Partners Conference, November 30th 2016
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Seed producers advised to form cooperatives to ensure remunerative prices
GERMAN: Project Leader of Indo-German Cooperation on Seed Development Ekkehard Schroder has advised the farmers producing seed in India to form into small cooperative groups for getting remunerative prices as farmers in…
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Police Raids Uhuru Institute, One Detained and Phones Confiscated
The institutes head leonardokello says they are not certain about the interests of the detectives
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Great lakes institute, Uhuru Institute directors to be summoned by police
Heads of 3 Civil Society Organizations, Action Aid Uganda, Uhuru Institute and the Great Lakes Institute of Strategic Studies to answer questions over the source of funding.
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