Implementation of the Programme in Benin’s savannah region will directly benefit some 50,000 people, with a further 500,000 benefiting indirectly, of which 30% of each target groups will be women ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, December 11, 2025/ — The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (http://AfDB.org) meeting in Abidjan today approved a €102.12 ...

Poultry product producers and agriculture associations have welcomed the news by the Department of Agriculture that it has partially lifted the ban on imports of poultry and poultry products from Brazil from Thursday. The ban was imposed due to an outbreak of Avian flu in Brazil. The Department of Agriculture has since said that the ...

The rising prices of eggs, poultry, and milk in Kenya are causing significant challenges. Over the past year, the cost of eggs has nearly doubled, remaining high at approximately KES 590 (around US$4.50). Additionally, chicken in Kenya costs twice as much as it does in South Africa. This has resulted in 75% of Kenyans being ...

Source: unsplash.com The WPF explains that small-scale producers are farmers who typically start with just a few birds in their gardens, but who later grow their flocks over time and start selling chicken meat and eggs in addition to producing for home consumption. By following a few basic principles when it comes to rearing poultry, small-scale ...

Tanzania and Kenya have successfully resolved a longstanding dispute over the export of poultry and poultry products between the two countries, the East African Community (EAC) said in a statement on Tuesday. The statement said the dispute was resolved during a two-day consultative meeting held at the EAC headquarters in Tanzania’s northern city of Arusha ...

Despite a number of misgivings, national industry body, the South African Poultry Association (SAPA), has vowed to cooperate with an inquiry into the poultry market announced recently by the Competition Commission (CC). However, in response to the announcement, SAPA said it sees no justification for such an investigation. Furthermore, it has contested some of the statements ...

The largest import categories of poultry into South Africa are mechanically deboned meat and offal. Photo: Canva In 2023, poultry imports into South Africa increased after a 4-year decline. Poultry imports (primarily chicken) peaked in 2018 at 566,00 tonnes but have since seen a steady decline down to just 373,000 tonnes in 2022. But, for ...

Minnesota’s top ag official points to one African country that could unlock export opportunities throughout the continent. Commissioner Thom Petersen recently returned from a trade mission to Morocco and says the focus was on grain, feed, and the Port of Duluth. “Keep in mind too, Morocco is the only African country that has a free ...

The recently launched Youth in Agribusiness: Enabling Scaling of Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Food Solutions (YAS) project, implemented in partnership with the Government of The Netherlands, concluded its activities for 2023 with the training of 1,918 youths between 18 and 35 years old. The project has set a target to train 5,000 youths in the ...

Nairobi, Kenya- November 23rd 2022: Demand for poultry products is on the rise in Kenya driven by an emerging middle-class created in existing and new urban settlements as a result of Devolution.   To feed the appetite, an estimated 1.5 million birds are slaughtered weekly from a population of some 35 million fowls being fed for ...