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By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra Ghana- Tanzania has started distributing subsidised inputs to cashew farmers in its efforts to meet its target of producing 400,000 tonnes in the next season and 700,000 tonnes by 2025. Government aims at increasing the use of Sulphur powder, liquid pesticide and motorised sprayers following evidence that increased application of the chemicals on cashew trees is significant in increasing raw cashew nut yields. A guideline for provision of subsidised inputs released by the Cashewnut Board of Tanzania (CBT) shows an increasing trend of inputs application in the last ten years between 2012/13 and 2021/22 from 5,000 tonnes to 13,562 tonnes respectively. The document says as a result, raw cashew nut yields gradually increased from...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone - In the lift-off of the 4th, Phase of Nestle Empowering Rural Women across Nigeria. Nestle Empowering Rural Women Project is helping more rural women in Nigeria to build financial security and enhance their precept of living with the launch of the fourth phase of the Nestle Empowering Rural Women in Nigeria Project in Port Harcourt. An extra fifty heirs from the Southern part of the country, appointed from the corporation’s value chain were placed into the program at a ceremony that comprised various training sessions. Nestle Nigeria’s Commercial Manager – Khaled Ramadan told, “We are happy to fulfil our promise of expanding Nestle Empowering Rural Women in Nigeria Project to reach more women in other...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone - A statement disclosed by the World Trade Organization (WTO) has asserted leveraging trade to enhance pandemic defenses needs cooperation beyond trade consensuses. The Multilateral Leaders Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics, and Diagnostics—set up by the World Bank and the WTO in cooperation with World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has summoned the international community to amp up its reaction to the existing and coming pandemics, the report asserted. These are actions to bolster partnership between states, non-state actors, and international organizations. The initial objective should be to establish mechanisms as way to subsidize access to vital products...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra Ghana- African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina wrapped up his official visit to Kenya, meeting with African diplomatic envoys and international development partners in Nairobi. He called for joint collaborative support to help accelerate Africa’s development. “Africa’s pace of development must be accelerated. We must work together for the continent to prosper, be competitive, and address the challenges facing it,” he said. Adesina said Africa was the continent being impacted the most from climate change. He said as the world prepared for the next global climate summit (COP27) in Egypt this November, many African countries could still not access green climate financing because they had not developed required...