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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 produce 53 million tons of rice. “In five years, West Africa will achieve self-sufficiency in rice. We know we can do it. Our work helped Ethiopia to become self-sufficient in wheat in under four years, turning it into a net wheat-exporting country. What is critical is strong political will,” the Bank Group head said,...

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 Ouattara, a celebrated space scientist and President of Norbert-Zongo University, points out a landmark in the country’s journey towards evolving into a space-faring nation. The satellite will be constructed locally at Norbert-Zongo University, employing both in-country resources and expertise from the Burkinabè...

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 remaining 20% of ranches from collapse. The workshop in the Volta Region concentrated on enabling cage-free poultry planting procedures as a scheme to optimize proceeds and enrich the grade of egg and meat production. He exhorted government intervention to authorize maize imports, which are necessary to stabilize 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 percent), and the remaining percentage is disseminated amongst the remaining partner states. The National Quality Association of Tanzania (NQAT) Chairman – Amir Hamza, made the disclosure during the authorized liftoff of the MSMEs capacitation under the Qualitan project that is carried out by the United Industrial...