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Kenya Regrets Merging Coffee Board With Agriculture & Food Authority As Production Falls By 69% In 10 Years

A Kenyan coffee farmer tending his coffee/courtesy photo The decision by Kenyan Government to merge the country’s coffee body with Agriculture Food Authority has backfired-if recent statistics is anything to go by. In 2013, the Kenyan government took a bold step and merged the Country’s coffee Board with Agriculture Food

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AgribusinessEntrepreneurship

Meet Ugandan Entrepreneur Using Introduction & Wedding Ceremonies To Grow Domestic Coffee Consumption

Darling Coffee is using introduction and weddings to grow domestic coffee consumption Ugandan youth entrepreneurs are increasingly innovating and making life easier as they earn from their unique ideas. Stephen Tumukugize, the Managing Director of Mbale-based Darling Coffee, is one of the beneficiaries of the recent NSSF-Mastercard Foundation Hi-Innovator cash worth

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Locally Made Anti-Tick Vaccine To Save Gov’t Shs3.8 Trillion Annually – NARO

Minister for Agriculture, Frank Tumwebaze administers the first anti-tick vaccine  for field trials at MBAZARDI   Scientists  and politicians Thursday afternoon convened at Mbarara Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MBAZARDI) in Mbarara to launch the Final Field Trial for Ugandan made anti-tick vaccine. The vaccine was developed by scientists at the National

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