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Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi publishes new rules returning NCPB at centre of stocks management

Parliament has blamed millers for supplying maize flour past the contract period.

At the “Indigenous Souvenir Shop” in Nepal, they are not just doing business, Their priority is also to conserve indigenous crops, knowledge and seeds.

The maize will land even as farmers in the North Rift region, the country’s food basket, are holding stocks worth millions.

In a region where 80% of the people are farmers, Nepal’s native crops are disappearing. Now a small movement grows as farmers embrace indigenous seeds and the demand for local produce grows. Some say the effort can boost resilience to climate change.

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The growing scarcity of native crops has raised concerns about food security.

M-Pesa users, landlords and consumers are among the biggest losers in Ruto’s budget which seeks to introduce new tax measures.

2merkato provides business information for investors, suppliers, buyers, traders who are engaged or want to engage in business activities in Ethiopia.

Forty food systems leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Ethiopia have graduated from the AGRA-led Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture’s (CALA) Advanced Leadership Programme in Nairobi, Kenya.