Dr Adesina was feted for supporting scientists and researchers at the University’s Food Technology Department, helping to innovate in the production of shelf-stable flour produced from the national staple, the bananas, which could be turned into mashed banana meal known locally as
matoke. The AfDB President recalled his work in Uganda as the Associate Director of the Rockefeller Foundation when he engaged the University faculty members in undertaking research on food technologies.
The work done on the banana tissue culture, which was geared towards making the banana plantations in Uganda much more economically productive and disease-free, also earned Dr Adesina accolades. The good doctor said farmers across Uganda were supported to access the tissue-cultured bananas through a financing programme which he helped to set up. The programme was scaled up by the Centenary Rural Development Bank, and out of all the farmers who received their loans, none defaulted on their payments.
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JAMMU, May 6: Secretary Cooperative Department, Yasha Mudgal, today chaired a meeting to review working of Cooperative Banks in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The meeting was attended by Additional Secretary, Cooperatives, Deputy Secretary, Cooperatives, Financial Advisor Cooperatives, Managing Director Citizen Cooperative Bank Limited (CCBL), Managing Director Jammu Central Cooperative Bank (JCCB) and General Manager J&K State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank (SCARDB).
During the meeting, MD JCCB made a presentation highlighting the financial achievements and issues related to Bank’s functioning. He informed that the bank is still not CBM compliant which is a big roadblock for its financial growth and lending capacity.
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Safe foods stores keep prices steady amid lockdown
Tue, 20 April 2021
A number of safe-agricultural-product specialist stores in Phnom Penh have expressed their commitment to maintain the prices of their commodities and contribute to the government s efforts to improve people s livelihoods during the ongoing two-week coronavirus lockdown in Phnom Penh and adjacent Takhmao town in Kandal province.
“Safe agricultural products” are those with reduced dependence on chemicals and free of microbiological hazards.
Kan Panharith, production manager at local agribusiness Davane Plc, which specialises in agricultural value chains and markets for food safety, told The Post that all prices at his store remain at pre-lockdown levels, save for a handful of fish and vegetables he said saw an acceptable, slight uptick.
Warring KC(M) groups face off once again
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Election to governing council of Meenachil cooperative bank
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Election to governing council of Meenachil cooperative bank
The rival factions of the Kerala Congress which have been locked in a fierce turf war in Central Travancore post the death of K.M. Mani are facing off each other once again after a brief gap.
Setting the stage for this new round of battle is the election to the governing council of the Meenachil Cooperative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank in Pala, which is slated to take place on Sunday. The election to the body, where the United Democratic Front (UDF) had held sway for 28 years till November last year, has been necessitated by a recent shift of the Kerala Congress (M) to the Left Democratic Front (LDF).
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