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José Graziano da Silva outlines vision of 'one FAO' acting at country level as he sets out reformist agenda



The new director general of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the world's flagship agency for food policy, has indicated that Africa will be his priority at a time of limited resources.



In his first press conference, held on…

Uganda is projecting a 12 per cent jump in its cocoa exports in the 2011/2012 (Oct-Sep) season compared with the last season, as newly planted trees start producing beans, a senior government official has told Prosper.

Mr John Muwanga Musisi, the Co-ordinator Support for Tea/Cocoa Project in the Ministry of Agriculture, said production is expected to reach 18,000 metric tonnes, up from last year’s 16,478 metric tonnes, an improvement that should push earnings to $55 million (basing on…

Cocoa purchases declared to Ghana's Cocobod reached 448,528 tonnes by Dec. 8 since the start of the season on Oct. 14, data from the industry regulator showed on Tuesday.



The figures compare with 421,711 tonnes of official purchases recorded during the corresponding eight weeks of the previous season, which ran from Oct. 1 to Nov. 25, according to the data seen by Reuters.



Total purchases for the week ending Dec. 8 were 36,822 tonnes, slightly up from 35,197 tonnes the week…

Zambian Breweries Plc has successfully completed its Rights Offer aimed at raising US$70 million from the capital market.



Company corporate affairs director Chibamba Kanyama in an interview said the objective of the rights offer issued last month was to increase the Zambian Breweries’ beer production capacity by refurbishing and expanding the Ndola brewery facility due to increased demand for beer.



Mr Kanyama said total capital required for the project is US$90 million,…