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  • Resilience in Sub-Saharan African agriculture is enhanced by Diageo's collaboration with tech innovators
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  • A new, more effective method of cork manufacturing is being tested in Morocco
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  • The progression of Africa's printing sector starting in 2024
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  • Funding For An Agro-Food Processing Zone Is Obtained By Togo
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  • Capitalizing on Screen Truepress 350UV SAI-S, Sign & Seal Labels
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  • Afia Juice Maker Expands Product Line With Carbonated Drink
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  • With Multigraph Kenya, BOBST Has Forged A Representative Alliance.
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  • Dohler Reports A Significant Expansion Aimed At Strengthening Ties Within The African Market
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  • In An Equity Investment Agreement With Agris, Agdevco Aims To Expand Fresh Food Production And Distribution In East Africa
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  • Important NPS South African packaging equipment procurement is made by Ishida
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  • Kerry Group establishes a food processing company for Shs21b
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  • Enviromall introduces PLA bags made of plants that decompose.
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  • Norfund, Westgass, and IPS Unite to Promote Green Hydrogen Fertiliser Investment in Uganda, Aiming for 200,000 Tonnes Per Year to Improve Food Security and Lower Emissions
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  • Kenya Wants Yemen's Help in Producing Food and Increasing Exports to Create Jobs
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  • First-Ever Wide-Scale Wheat Harvest in Malawi
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  • Uganda and Kenya Look For Settlement on Food
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  • The Partnership between Tanzania and Korea Is Thriving and Has Positive Effects on Agriculture, Health, Education, Energy, and Infrastructure
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  • Coca-cola Ghana Replaces Spirte's Recognizable Green Pet Bottle With a More Environmentally Friendly Option.
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  • African and Arab Nations Will Invest $1.5 Billion in Food Security
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  • Ensure Food Security through Diversification
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  • Through Asset Financing and Agritech, Tanzanian Farmers Stand To Gain From the Sector's Modernization and Expansion
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  • Using Cellulose as a Foundation, Biotech Firm Baom Creates Compostable Plastic Substitutes.
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  • Kenya Plans To Expand Its Dairy Industry Farmers' Fortunes Are To Be Improved Under the New KCC
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  • Kenya Will Increase Its Contribution to the GDP from Agriculture
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  • In Association With Journey's End, Interpunkt Introduces a Paperboard Wine Bottle
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  • Bila Shaka, A Craft Brewer From Kenya, Introduces A New Product. Capitan Beer
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  • Food Safety is Needed, Say Experts
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  • Sidel helps Ghana open an aseptic production line.
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  • Moroccan Cucumber Exports Have Increased By More than Thrice In the Last Five Years
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  • Ghana Plans to Re-Export Mangoes from Kenya to the EU Market
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  • SOREMA Establishes a PET Container Recycling Facility in the DRC, Boosting Recycling
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  • Rwanda's Agricultural Export Revenue Increased By 45% in a Single Year
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  • Kenya Will Export Sheep and Beef to Iran for USD 6 Million Each Month
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  • Silafrica, A Leading Manufacturer Of Packaging For Consumer Goods in East Africa, Has Unveiled Recyclable Multipurpose Crates.
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  • Egypt's Exports Of Fruits And Vegetables Could Significantly Increase In 2023
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  • Morocco's Fish Exports in 2022 Reached a Record $2.7 Billion
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  • Fruit And Vegetable Export Crates Made by Silafrica Win Packaging Innovation Of The Year.
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  • Mexico Targets More Food Commodities To Africa
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  • Milk Production Rises 15,24% In Just 11 Months
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  • To improve its Mkhondo paper plant in South Africa, Mpact invests US$69M.
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  • Ethiopia: Country Procures In excess of 41 Million Bucks from Meat Commodity Exchange Five Months
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  • Kenya to reap from increased Chinese fruit trade
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  • ALPLA establishes a new production facility in South Africa as a plastic packaging and recycling specialist
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  • Launch of the Packaging Hub for Small Businesses
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  • Bulk container usage is on the rise throughout Africa.
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  • Agricultural film a modern-day application in many innovative agricultural practices in Africa
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  • Agriculture stakeholders in Africa promise to take more steps to increase food production.
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  • The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment gave Polyco approval for its extended producer responsibility (EPR)
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  • More than $1 billion is approved for an emergency food production plan by the African Development Bank Group Board.
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  • Silafrica, a leading manufacturer of packaging for consumer goods in East Africa, has unveiled recyclable multipurpose crates.
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  • Yhaenu Plc, an Ethiopian multi-sectoral company, invests $3.15 million in packaging manufacture.
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  • Aesthetic and More Recyclable Packaging with In-Mould Labeling
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  • Proparco of France buys Sh3.7bn Naivas Supermarket stake
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  • Ramco Plexus obtains CAK approval to purchase Platinum Packaging.
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  • The frozen food packaging market in Africa is anticipated to expand profitably
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  • The packaging that is more flexible and more viable
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  • In Africa, sustainable food packaging methods can help the environment.
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  • The packaging sector is seeing substantial rise in recloseable packaging.
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  • Food Container Market Demand in Africa Is Growing
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  • Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) sets packaging standards for agricultural products.
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  • Plastic still holding the upper hand on packaging in Africa
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  • Indian distiller NV Group, ARDA partner in US$250 million brewery project in Zimbabwe
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  • Demand for edible packaging to remain high from food and beverage manufacturing
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  • Africa's eco-friendly food packaging market experiencing significant growth
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  • The Kerry Group's acquisition of East Africa's Afribon is expected to bring healthy and tasty food to consumers.
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  • Ethiopia's packaging industry offers investment prospects.
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  • Africa is seeing a surge in the use of smart and intelligent packaging.
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  • Aqua Africa has taken over Trashy Bags Africa.
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  • In Africa, the market for food can packaging is growing in popularity.
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  • Polylactic Acid is making headway into Africa's packaging business
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  • Contract packaging providing highly customised packaging solutions.
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  • The stretch and shrink film market gaining popularity in Africa
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  • Aluminium Foil Packaging providing a wide range of packaging solutions
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  • In Africa, aseptic packing is extending the shelf life of food
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  • Demand for oxo-biodegradable plastic packaging will fuel growth in the African packaging industry.
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  • Pandemic growing the demand for Protective packaging
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  • Advancing the food packaging sector with sustainable packaging
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  • Bioplastics and biopolymers versatility in the packaging industry
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  • Paper and paperboard packaging market on the rise
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  • Airless packaging the most acceptable packaging in Africa
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  • Africa's fresh food packaging business is experiencing a surge in demand.
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  • Barrier Films the future of food packaging
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  • Folding carton making its way into the packaging world
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  • Packaging Wax in the food industry gaining prominence in the African Market
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  • Kenya's tea exports rise in first four months despite depressed leaf prices
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  • In Africa, Eco-Friendly food packaging are on the rise
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  • Antimicrobial Packaging Market gaining momentum in Africa
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  • Pouch packaging gaining popularity in Africa's flexible packaging market
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  • The Africa packaging market witnessing technology trends
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  • Cast Polypropylene (CPP) Packaging Films Market's promising growth in Africa
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  • Food Packaging Market of Africa
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  • Bioplastic future of African packaging
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  • PVA and food packaging to dominate the African market
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  • East Africa's agricultural packaging industry is projected to expand at a healthy rate.
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  • In-mold label container market expected to propel with the Growth of food industry in Africa
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  • Paper packaging market surging in demand in the African Market
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  • Africa witnessing an increase in the use of flexible paper for food and beverage packaging
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  • Africa's way of life with snacks and it's packaging industry
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  • Trends in Africa's fresh food market
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  • Africa's opportunities towards Packaging Sleeve Labels
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  • Rise in the use of blister packaging in Africa
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  • Africa's fresh food packaging market
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  • Sustainable Packaging Market growth in East Africa
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  • A breakthrough silage storage technology for small-scale dairy farmers in Kenya.
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  • Food Service Packaging Market in Africa
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  • Hospitality business in Ethiopia embarking on packaging
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  • Ethiopian Coffee Firm Leaps in the Takeaway Box Production
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  • TADB providing assistance to coffee groweres in Tanzania
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  • Rwanda's untapped capability in the horticulture industry
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  • Opportunities for Green Food Packaging in East Africa
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  • Smarter packaging technology introduced in Africa
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  • The insight to the barrier Films Market in Africa
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  • Vacuum packaging making its way in the food industry
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  • Metal Packaging Market to thrive in the new global era
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  • Lubricant Packaging Markets escalation in East Africa
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  • Coca-Cola's alliance with local stakeholders in recycling plastic waste
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  • IFC pouring $39m in Nigeria's Plastic Recycling industry
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  • Swiss Developmental Organization Boosts Agro-Processing In Tanzania With US$ 430k Investment.
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  • Tanzanian Meat Distributor Gets Us$ 1.9 Million Financing From TADB To Boost Production
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  • Mushroom helps Tanzania farmers fight climate change
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  • South Africa Coca-Cola Launches Reusable Returnable Bottles
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  • Two wheel tractors assist Zimbabwe and Ethiopia Farmers
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  • Megapipes Solutions to build HDPE Plastic pipes factory in Kenya
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  • Corteva Agriscience To Train Farmers In Kenya
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  • Rwanda Started Producing Packaging Bags From Banana Trucks
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  • Tanzania Recycles plastic waste into bricks and paving blocks.
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  • Kenya's 3D printing companies begins producing COVID-19 equipment
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  • Government Invest Sh.200 M For Upgrade Of Aquaculture Research Centre
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  • Kenyan Farmers To Receive Sh. 18.9million Inputs For Climate Smart Agriculture
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  • Turkish farm Machines Promotes farming in Kenya
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  • An International Specialist For Plastic Packaging & Recycling ALPLA Builds New Plant In Africa
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  • Kenyan Food Factory To Explore West African Market
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  • East African Community To Launch New Project For EAC Farmers
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  • South Africa Surgeons To Get Affordable Access To High-Quality 3D Printed Models
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  • Unilever EA Launched Its First Fully Recycled & Recyclable Plastic Packaging In Partnership With Recycler Mr Green Africa
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  • Ethiopia Deployed Four Pesticides Spraying Airplanes To Fight Locust
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  • Cashew Nuts Market Have Raised Sh507bn In Tanzania
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  • South Africa Is Repaving Its Roads With Recycled Plastic Bottles
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  • Aluminium Foil Packaging Market To Reach $46.19bn By 2025
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  • Pharmaceutical Packaging Market Is Expected To Reach USD 158.24 Billion By 2025
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  • Food & Beverage Industry Will Drive Packaging Materials Demand During The Forecast Years
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  • Africa's Agribusiness Sector Is Projected To Reach US$1 Trillion By 2030
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  • Ethiopia To Allow Import Food Items From Foreign Companies
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  • Packaging Centre Has Been Set Up In Dar es Salaam To Benefit The SMEs
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  • Coca-Cola Launches A Water Bottle (Bonaqua) Made Entirely From Recycled Plastic - Africa
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  • Precision Farming Techniques To Boost Food Production In Kenya
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  • Ethiopia Revenue Showed An Increase By USD 95.1 Million In Export Earnings As Compared To Last Year
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  • Grain Trade Mission To Explore Business Opportunities For Grain Trade And Processing Between Ethiopia And Kenya
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  • Anchor Borrower Scheme Beneficial to Over 90,000 Kano Rice Farmers from Nigeria
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  • AMCOS To Open Three Coffee Processing Plants In 3 Regions of Tanzania
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  • Silafrica Is Set To Be The First African Company To Employ The Smart Crate Technology
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  • Ishida To Provide Sales, Service And Spares Support To Food Processors And Packers In East Africa
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  • UNIDO To Boost Agro-Industrial Development In Ethiopia
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  • Zambia Will Export Maize To DR Congo From 2020, Under A New Deal Signed
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  • Canon Partnered With The Kenya Film Commission To Promote The Kenyan Film Industry Locally And Internationally
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  • DTM Print Launched The Brand New DTM CX86e Color Tag Printer
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  • ITOCHU Corporation, To Investing US$40 Million In A Pineapple Processing Plant In Sierra Leone.
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  • Original Beans Has Launched Its Bars In New Eco-Friendly Packaging
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  • Unilever Invests In Kenya-Based Plastics Recycling Business Mr Green Africa
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  • To Enhance Oil Palm Production Ghana To Establish New Authority
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  • Zimbabwe Projects Sugar Exports To Increase By 21% To 145 000 Tonnes
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  • Tropic Plastic acquires flexible packaging machinery from Spanish machinery firm Comexi
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  • African Packaging Market Poised for Huge Growth
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  • Gallina Blanca Foods, A food Processing Company In Ghana, has launched A New Product Gino Max
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  • Lactalis Seal The Deal With Brazilian Dairy Company Itambe Alimentos
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  • Huhtamaki Unveils Its First Flexible Packaging Manufacturing Plant in Africa
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  • Crabtree to Supply Custom Made Packaging Machinery to Nairobi Based Metal Crowns
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  • Bubs Australia Entered A Partnership With Kidswant China's leading mother And Baby Store
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  • Cargill Partner's With Biotech Company Innovafeed To Develop Animal Feed Solution
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  • Dynamic Plastic Packaging acquiries Koenig & Bauer's Evo XD flexo press in a bid to boost production
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  • AR Packaging Aims to Amp Up Business Opportunities in Africa
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  • PLASTICS, PRINTING AND PACKAGING INNOVATIONS ON DISPLAY AT THE PPPEXPO KENYA 2019
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  • FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY BUSINESS MEET AT FOODAGRO KENYA, IN AUGUST 2019
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  • To Rejuvenate the coffee Industry Nespresso Claims To Invest US$9.8 million
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  • US$4 Billion Investment To Boost Operational Excellence In The Mexico
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  • Rasna all set to juice up Kenya market
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  • Rwanda packaging industry goes eco friendly
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  • Optimistic steps for plastic recycling in Kenya
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  • Kenya's Avocado enters world market
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  • East Africa aims for higher food security
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  • Africa aiming greater acceptance of genetically engineered crops
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  • FAO's project on governance of land tenure in Tanzania
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  • Kenya Penetrates In Morocco For More Farm Exports
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  • German Firm To Bring New Technology To Food Projects In Ethiopia
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  • Ghana increases its rice production
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  • Tanzania's chamber of commerce to boost agriculture
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  • IRRI opens regional office in Kenya to support Africa's rice productivity
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  • FOODAGRO AFRICA 2017
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  • Canon refreshes its PIXMA range with two new All-in-One home printers
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  • Plastics division lifts Transpaco bottom line to outperform peers
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  • Variable print technology for African newspapers launched
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  • Canon launches imageFORMULA ScanFront 400: A high-performance network scanner for rapid document capture
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  • World-class packaging line traceability solutions from Pyrotec PackMark
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  • EFI Unveils Jetrion Label Inkjet Production And ERP Workflow
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  • X-Rite Releases ColorCert Suite 2.7
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  • Mechanised agriculture essential in Sub-Saharan Africa
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  • RAW: a new urban solution to growing fresh produce
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  • SA to export pigeon peas, pork, mango to India
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  • Tanzania to get mobile apps for soil testing
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  • Rwanda: Farmers Launch Online Coffee Auctioning
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  • Rwanda: Increased Coffee Production to Boost Economic Growth - CEPAR
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  • World renowned President cheese now in South Africa
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  • Kenya permits direct tea exports
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  • Rwanda's tea export earnings double
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  • Harel Mallac makes Xerox MPS in Mauritius
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  • Lexmark unveils next generation 7 & 8 series printers
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  • Analysis of the Plastic Packaging Market in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria - Packaged Food and FMCG Industries to Drive Demand - Research and Markets
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  • Nashua Offers Advanced Management System For An Efficient Printing Environment
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  • Canon, Invest in Africa to train printers
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  • Olam eyes potential of Africa's growing demand
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  • New York listed Avery Dennison enters Kenyan market
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  • IAEA to extend cooperation to food, agriculture
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  • Zaad and Chromatin Agree to Produce and Distribute Sorghum Seed in Africa
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  • S/Leone to renegotiate agreement with local sugar producer
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  • IITA to invest US$5m to boost agric sector
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  • Ugandan smallholder farmers to benefit from seed fund
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  • John Deere launches S.M.A.R.T. campaign to boost productivity in African agriculture
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  • Kenya: Mango exports on the rise
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  • Dangote Opens Tomato Factory to Vie With Chinese Imports
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  • Kenya signs Sh6.3bn AfDB loan for irrigation projects in 11 counties
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  • Portucel revises investment to US$3bn in Mozambique forestry project
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  • Kenya Set to increase Agriculture yield With Dutch Partnership
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  • Africa has new centre for Green innovation
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  • Phosphate Fertiliser Plant to value Up to N$24 Billion
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  • Greystone invests E39M in Feedmaster
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  • Surface Wilmar to invests $15 million in infrastructure development
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  • Foreign Player Seeks a lot of Profits In Nigeria's Flour Market
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  • Malawi Starts solar powered irrigation
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  • Nigeria will turn out ten Million Metric loads of Rice Annually, Says IFAD President
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  • Animal Feed solutions to be flourished by Olam and InVivo
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  • low cost multipurpose tractor for African farmers
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  • Nyiombo delivers over 50,000 tonnes fertiliser
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  • PEPZ promotes local procurement in Zambia
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  • Tata subsidiary to increase exports of pulses from Tanzania
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  • Osun Signs U.S.$50 Million Agric Pact With U.S. Firm
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  • South Africa sends first batch of lychee to USA
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  • C-MRF launched by COMESA to improve grain trade
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  • Goldenlay Agri Limited to build poultry processing unit in Zambia
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  • Rwanda aims for US$140mn annually as export returns through horticulture
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  • EU to grant US$43mn to Zimbabwe's livestock sector
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  • Somalia exports record number of cattle to the UAE
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  • AgDevCo's initiative to boost smallholder farmer incomes in Africa
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  • CBN banks on SMEs to improve agriculture sector in Nigeria
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  • Mansa Sugar plans sugar factory in Zambia for US$6.6mn
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  • Olam International acquires ADM's cocoa business, strengthens presence in Ghana
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  • ADB and AFD sign US$15mn agreement to support Ghana's rubber initiative
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  • Promoting sericulture in Kenya
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  • Two organic agricultural projects completed in Namibia
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  • Kenyan tea factories get funding for power plants
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  • New palm oil processing plant to come up in Liberia
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  • Pyrotec PackMark Opens Mpumalanga Branch
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  • Kerrygold is opening up a new factory in Nigeria
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  • Bosch at the forefront of developing the coffee industry in Ethiopia
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  • Rwanda looks to horticulture sector to spur export earnings
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  • Yalelo anounces US$9.5mn expansion for aquaculture
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  • Bosch Packaging Technology at the Forefront of Developing the Coffee Industry in Ethiopia
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  • Brookside Dairy enters powdered milk market
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  • S.Africa's Nampak plans bottle plants in Nigeria, Ethiopia
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  • Kenya outlines measures to lift fisheries sector
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  • Mondi Sees Packaging Boost From High-Tech Pet-Food Pouches
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  • USAID launches feed manufacturing facility in Ethiopia
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  • Mauritania signs new fishing partnership accord with EU
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  • Recycling in Kenya now a booming business
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  • Kenya gets Sh3.8 bn boost from IFAD
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  • Printing SA Announces 2016 Initiatives At Northern Chamber Function
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  • Amatheon Agri Zambia opens new livestock centre
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  • Airtel funds weather information programme in Uganda
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  • Kenyan farmers grow chives to meet growing export demand
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  • Namibia to introduce new fishing quota next year
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  • DIGIPrint Zambia Receives Xerox MPS Accreditation
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  • Massey Ferguson to launch new tractors for Middle East and Africa
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  • Ugandan firm Pearl to construct dairy factory in Kenya
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  • AJEAST invests N500m to drive Big Cola brand
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  • Sylva Foods opens $150,000 plant
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  • York Farm to increase flower cultivation
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  • Barclays plan increases scope in agriculture financing
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  • Rwanda: Rwf11 Billion Project to Enhance Agricultural Innovations
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  • JMB Labels buys first MPS EB flexo press in Africa
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  • Xeikon expands DecoFlex partnership in Southern Africa
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  • Zimabwe gets US$45mn AfDB funding for cashew sector
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  • Agro and food-processing plant to boost 3,000 farmers
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  • Kiambu bets on Sh150m feed plant to trim farm costs
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  • IFC to invest Sh8.2b in beverage can factory on Nairobi's Mombasa Road
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  • Novus in second-half profit alert
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  • EFI Acquires Print Software Provider
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  • Liberia: Coca-Cola Expands to Plastic Bottling Production Plant
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  • SA wine producers need more initiatives to support the industry
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  • Sappi concludes sale of Enstra Mill, invests in Stanger Mill
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  • IFAD signs US$17.56mn aquaculture project in DR Congo
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  • Proudly Made in Africa Label debuts on supermarket shelves
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  • Pyrotec PackMedia wins big at Fix-a-Form International Awards 2015
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  • Live Print Expands Product Portfolio With Xerox C70 Digital Press
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  • Rhodes Food acquires Alibaba Foods
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  • Madagascar signs US$56.7mn agreement for its farmers
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  • Terragen using Case IH baler for power plant bagasse
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  • Nuclear tech helps increase crop yields in Africa
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  • Ugandan farmers to benefit in U.S.$4m Euro project
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  • IITA receives N2.4 b grant to boost maize in Africa
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  • Duma Works launches recruitment services for agribusinesses
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  • Ghana to get Italian help for developing fisheries
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  • AfDB gives Zambia US$30mn to support cassava producers
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  • Kenya: Counties Should Promote Smart Farming Techniques
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  • IFAD finances fisheries to boost food security
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  • NAEB distributes fertilisers to coffee farmers
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  • Morocco: U.S. Companies See Opportunities in Morocco's Agricultural Sector
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  • Ricoh SA Customers To Benefit From Franchise Expansion
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  • African Coffee Shops Boom Driven By Meals, Consumption Rise Slowly
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  • African Finance Ministers Seek Mega-Financing Deals to Boost Agriculture Sector
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  • Kenyan coffee chain Java House plans to open outlets across Africa
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  • Unlocking Africa's Potential to Create Wealth From Agriculture
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  • Electronic system to check fake agro products in Uganda
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  • Fontana Flowers to invest US$11mn in Ethiopia
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  • Oceana Group investing US$13mn in Angola and Namibia
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  • Africa seeks agricultural transformation
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  • Mega Fertilizer Plant in Nigeria set to be constructed
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  • Unilever constructs first ever ice-cream factory in South Africa
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  • Printivo Closes on Seed Funding from EchoVC Partners
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  • Rapid 3D Opens Printing and Additive Manufacturing Facility In KwaZulu-Natal
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  • New multi-function nozzle pivot sprinkler from Nelson
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  • Dow Chemical seeks to triple Africa revenue in five years
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  • AB InBev to acquire South Africa's SABMiller for $104B in largest beer industry takeover ever
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  • Newly constructed Weetabix East Africa plant in Kenya opened
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  • Singaporean woman sets up Rwanda's first modern poultry farm
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  • Tanzania gets new fertiliser terminal through Norfund
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  • Gambia: ADB Approves U.S.$8.5 Million for Gambia Agricultural Project
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  • Chinese firm to set up fish processing plant in Kenya
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  • KIP Introduces 800 Series Colour Printers
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  • Esko Partners With Comexi
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  • Heineken's Nigeria unit to raise $502M to support growth
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  • Nigerian can maker GZ Industries takes on Nampak with $71M South African factory
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  • City of Cape Town and Mpact Containers win Recycled Product of the Year Award
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  • Uganda to get agriculture assistance from FAO and China
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  • Ghana gets US$1.8bn loan for cocoa sector
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  • Case IH launches new Farmall JXM series tractors
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  • Kellogg acquires Egypt's largest cereal producer
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  • Joint venture can meet packaging demand in southern Africa
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  • MPS Unveils EF Neo Flexo Press
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  • Antalis Partners With Sappi To Distribute Atelier Folding Box Board
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  • Ricoh Launches Watkiss Powered Booklet-Making Solution
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  • Somaliland's fishing sector gets new ice plant
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  • NDC launches US$111mn palm oil project in Tanzania
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Horticulture sector to face higher standards

Posted on : Thursday , 16th July 2015

The horticulture sector players will now be expected to comply with new standards that spell out code of practice in the horticulture industry, following the revision of standards.

The revised horticulture code of practice will apply to all players in the industry ranging from growers, propagators, breeders, consolidators, shippers, and cargo handlers.

According to the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs), Managing Director, Charles Ongwae the standards require the operators in the sector to observe hygienic and safety requirements during the production, handling, and marketing of flowers and ornamentals.

"The recommendations made in the revised standard call for quality production and marketing of flowers and ornamentals under appropriate environmental conditions," said Mr Ongwae.

Kenya Flower Council (KFC), revised the standards, a move that was commended by Mr Ongwae, saying that this will improve labour practices and environmental conservation efforts of the sector.

"This will make Kenyan flowers remain globally competitive," Mr Ongwae said.

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KFC Chief Executive Ms Jane Ngige, said that the revised code was harmonised with existing international codes on good agricultural practices and guidelines.

"This is intended to enhance farm assurance systems, compliance to the relevant laws of Kenya and strict adherence to safe use of chemicals and the international standards," said Ms Ngige.

Mr Ongwae also announced that a new standard for fresh fruits and vegetables will soon be launched soon.

According to the KFC CEO, lack of acceptable and enforceable standard that addresses all the concerns of the industry has led to some of the stakeholders ignoring some of the requirements for accessing the international flower market.

"We urge all horticulture stakeholders across the value chain to be registered as members of recognized associations. This will increase accountability and entrench the adoption of the standards in managing the industry," urged Ms Ngige.

The standard revision was initiated by the Kenya Flower Council after a successful nation-wide compliance mechanism project.

Statistics from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, indicate that cut flower exports rose by 11.7 per cent during the first Quarter of 2015. The flower sector is one of the leading export earner in the agricultural sector.

Source : www.nation.co.ke

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