Namibia ramps up poultry production
With poultry imports into Namibia banned amid bird flu outbreaks in numerous European countries, the country’s largest poultry producer has called on the poultry...
IRVINS DONATE EGGS TO SCHOOL- WOLRD EGG DAY
THE country’s leading poultry producer, Irvine’s Zimbabwe donated 6 000 eggs to Derbyshire Primary School in Waterfalls as it celebrated World Egg Day on...
LOCAL CURRENCY MARKET- KWACHA MAINTAINS GRIP ODOLLAR
The kwacha has rallied to K17.55 per dollar for the third time since March 2020, according to Bloomberg data. The local currency opened the...
NIGERIA’S LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY GROWING 12.7% ANNUALLY
The Director General of the Nigeria Institute of Animal Science, Prof. Eustace Iyayi, has said the livestock industry in Nigeria could be valued at...
INTRODUCE QUOTA SYSTEM TO BOOST SALE OF LOCAL POULTRY PRODUCTS – POULTRY FARMERS TO...
The Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association is calling on the government to introduce a quota system that would mandate retailers of poultry products to...
BEIJING ORDERS IMPORTERS TO AVOID FROZEN FOOD FROM COUNTRIES WITH MAJOR CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS
Authorities in the Chinese capital Beijing have ordered importers to avoid frozen food from countries suffering severe coronavirus outbreaks after several incidents of imported...
INDIAN POULTRY INDUSTRY SEEKS GM FEED IMPORT
A global shortage due to crop failure in the main producing nations of Brazil and Argentina has propelled an increased demand for the oilseed,...
LOCAL CURRENCY MARKET- KWACHA POST SOME POSITIVES
Calm returned to the FX market yesterday as the kwacha traded completely unchanged to the US dollar. The local unit was pegged at K18.1500/18.200...
DA BANS POULTRY IMPORTS FROM PARTS OF IRELAND
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has imposed a temporary ban on poultry imports from parts of Ireland after Dublin reported outbreaks of the H5N8...
CHINA’S AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS BIG BUT VOLATILE
Despite a global pandemic and a slow start, 2020 was a really good year for U.S. agricultural exports — with a significant increase in...