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By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra GHANA- The African Development Bank is launching a US$650 million Regional West Africa Rice Development program in collaboration with the Africa Rice Center with the primary objective to enhance food security in West Africa. The president of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina who announced this emphasised that the initiative is expected to include one million farmers across 15 countries and...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– Burkina Faso has stood for a considerable measure of innovation and the culmination of its enterprising purposes with the birth of its first satellite, BurkinaSat-1. This Earth observation nanosatellite is established to remake the lives of the nation’s citizens by proposing unique choices for technological improvement and connectivity. The BurkinaSat-1 project, ushered by Professor Frédéric...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra GHANA- Executive Secretary of the Ghana Poultry Farmers Association (GPFA) – Lawrence A. Tetteh spoke out to the media during a workshop to address the situation. Tetteh accentuated that the dearth of maize in local markets has driven up costs, taking off thousands of poultry birds underfed and jeopardizing the viability of 80% of poultry granges nationwide. The GPFA has carried assertive measures to rescue the...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– The training desires to expand competitiveness, thus dressing up admission to domestic, regional, and multinational markets. As described in relation to Kenya registering 80% in food safety management systems certificates, Tanzania has recorded a mere 2%. Other East African nations and their respective percentages in brackets are Uganda (11 percent), the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC-4...