Food security improves across eastern Africa: UN
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Citing a report from the Food Security and Nutrition Working Group for the Eastern and Central Africa region, the UN's humanitarian agency OCHA said the number of food insecure people in eastern Africa has reduced from 14.9 million in December 2012 to 12.9 million as of June.
China to Support Kenya Raise Rice Yield
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China has offered to train Kenyan rice farmers in modern large-scale production techniques to raise their yield five-fold from the current paltry 50 tonnes per acre.
During President Uhuru Kenyatta's tour of the China National Rice Research Institute (CNRRI) in the southern
Kenya launches project to improve fish quality
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Funded by the European Union (EU), the project under a campaign banner “Clean Fish, Better Life” aims to help reduce millions of tons of fish going to waste every year due to glut and poor storage.
The food security segment at FAO says Kenya loses 23 million dollars
European Union injects Sh40b into agriculture
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The European Union said will give Kenya Sh40 billion between 2014 and 2020, for use in agriculture and other sectors, extending an aid programme to the African country.
While on a tour of the Kisumu-based a tsetse repellent project yesterday, the EU Head of Delegation,
AATF Commits $110m to Food Security in Nigeria, S’Africa, Kenya, Others
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African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), an independent and non-profit organisation, with headquarters in Kenya, over the week end in Abuja, said it has committed over $110 million through the application of appropriate technology and improved seedlings to meeting
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