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The Pan-African Seed Governance Conference has ended in Dar Es Salam, Tanzania, with a resounding consensus to defend Farmer Managed Seed Systems (FMSS).
Egypt and UK private equity firm Actis are currently in talks to increase the latter’s offer for Egypt’s Gabal El Zeit wind farm, a source the New Renewable Energy Authority told local media.
Huayou, a Chinese manufacturer of electric vehicles battery materials, would invest 200 billion dirhams or $20 bln in a plant in Morocco’s region of Laayoune Sakia El Hamra in the Sahara, the regional investment center announced.
Morocco is set to award a new contract for the reconstruction of a new solar plant. The news comes after the country’s renewable energy agency (MASEN) selected a number of companies as potential candidates.
Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA), a farmer-based organisation, has paid a total ¢9.2 million in premiums to their farmers across the give cocoa-growing regions in Ghana.
Morocco is the 22nd largest importer of nuts in the world, new statistics has shown. According to the agriculture-focused news website East Fruit, Morocco imported over 20,000 tonnes of nuts in the first four months in 2023.
Sherif El-Sayyad, Chairperson of the Engineering Export Council of Egypt (EEC), stated that Egypt’s electrical industry sector is one of the most promising export sectors in the country.
Morocco exported 73,000 tonnes of mandarins to Canada in the 2022-2023 agriculture season from September to April.According to data from the agriculture-focused website EastFruit, the number accounts for half of Canada’s total mandarin imports from all destinations.
Shaker explained that the Egyptian strategy was aimed at reaching 42% of the energy mix coming from renewable energy by the year 2030, but this strategy is currently being updated, based on the existing data and the availability of wind and solar energy resources and their low pr...