Category: Agriculture
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Cameroon aims to become leading banana and plantain producer by 2030
Cameroon is intensifying efforts to become the world’s leading producer of bananas and plantains by 2030, said Gabriel Mbairobe, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. The plan includes boosting current production levels through targeted initiatives and partnerships. Currently, Cameroon produces over 6 million tonnes of bananas and plantains annually. The government aims to increase…
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Strong S-Class Solar Flare and Eartg Direct CME- A Series of 3 CME’s is headed for Earth
A series of three CMEs is now heading for Earth. The first two, launched by M-class flares on August 7th, are relatively minor. The third, launched by yesterday’s X-flare is more potent. Striking Earth in succession on Aug. 9th, 10th, and 11th, the three CMEs could spark geomagnetic storms as strong as category G3 with…
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AU’s recognition of coffee as a strategic anchor commodity in its Agenda 2063 is a historic milestone, says Ethiopian minister
Earlier this year, during the 37th AU Summit in Addis Ababa, the continental body recognized coffee’s critical role in Africa‘s socio-economic transformation and its potential for sustainable development and adopted coffee as a strategic anchor commodity in the AU Agenda 2063. Girma Amente, Ethiopia’s Minister of Agriculture and chair of the Inter-Africa Coffee Organization (IACO),…
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Zimbabwe’s First Lady receives potatoes from Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s farms
At the beginning of July, Auxillia Mnangagwa visited Belarus, where she also met with Lukashenko. Later this week, a delegation from the Belarusian Women’s Union visited Zimbabwe at the invitation of the first lady and attended the African Women’s Forum. “The most valuable cargo, which traveled more than six thousand kilometers from Minsk to Victoria…
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Belarus’ tractor exports to Africa: A boost for food security and a shift in global trade?
Belarus, a leading tractor manufacturer, has recently announced plans to redirect its agricultural machinery exports to Africa following the European Union’s ban on imports. This shift in trade flows has sparked discussions about its potential benefits for African countries and its implications for the global economy. “There will be a higher equilibrium of a win-win…
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Liberia contemplates moving capital after disastrous flooding
Severe flooding in Liberia has led a group of senators to propose relocating the capital city away from overcrowded and poorly managed Monrovia, a suggestion met with a mixture of enthusiasm and hesitancy in the West African country. Flash floods triggered by torrential rains between the end of June and early July left some 48,000…
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Zimbabwe Farmers Struggle Against Illegal Mining and Climate Change
Small holder farmers in rural Gwanda, a region in Zimbabwe that borders South Africa, have been affected by a double shock – a combination of heat, droughts and floods caused by climate change, and water contamination and damaged land caused by illegal, small-scale mining. Droughts in Gwanda have significantly affected rural farmers and increased over…
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Belarus redirects tractor exports to Africa: Are African countries interested in Belarusian agricultural machinery?
Belarus, one of the world’s leading tractor manufacturing countries, recently announced plans to redirect its agricultural machinery exports to the African continent after the European Union blocked tractor imports from the Eastern European country on July 1. However, EU restrictions were not the only factor behind the Belarusian government’s decision to shift exports to African…
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Amílcar Cabral (1924-1973)
Amílcar Cabral (1924-1973) was a prominent African revolutionary leader, agronomist, and intellectual who played a crucial role in the struggle for independence in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. Born on September 12, 1924, in Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau, Cabral was educated in Cape Verde and later in Lisbon, Portugal, where he studied agronomy. Cabral’s education and experience as…
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Belarus considers redirecting tractor exports to Africa
“The markets of African countries have been identified as promising; negotiations have already taken place, and everything depends on the outcome,” Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Pyotr Parkhomchik said. The Belarusian authorities are now “actively looking for new markets to redirect export flows.” Since On July 1, Belarusian tractors will no longer be allowed into the…
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