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[Daily News] Mwanza -- COTTON farmers have been urged to adopt good agricultural practices, to increase productivity and improve crop quality. The call was made on Wednesday in Ilemela Municipality by Cotton Board Agricultural Officer Onesmo Kiwango during training sessions held as part of the Nanenane exhibitions.

[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe has officially begun exporting fresh blueberries to China, opening one of the world's fastest-growing consumer markets to one of Africa's fastest-expanding horticultural industries.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has warned that antimicrobial resistance (AMR), fuelled by the misuse of veterinary medicines, poses a growing threat to public health and could shut Kenya out of lucrative international meat markets.

[New Dawn] MARYLAND COUNTY -- Newly appointed Maryland County Superintendent Nathaniel S. Toe has announced plans to subsidize farmers, improve education and promote inclusive development as key priorities of his administration.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi's Agriculture Minister has given technical experts just three months to complete a new national food and agriculture investment strategy -- and has warned that implementation must follow without delay.

[Namibian] The government has auctioned some of its quota for horse mackerel and hake fish, raising N$68.4 million.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi has launched a renewed national push to confront a largely overlooked public-health emergency: rising deaths and injuries linked to pesticide poisoning, including a growing number of suspected self-poisoning cases involving Highly Hazardous Pesticides.

[New Zimbabwe] Cabinet has approved the principles for amending the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Act, paving the way for an overhaul of legislation that has long been criticised as outdated and ill-suited to the modern tobacco industry.

[Nile Post] Agriculture stakeholders have called for stronger collaboration among policymakers, researchers, farmers, and other players in the food value chain to improve food security, nutrition, and food safety in Uganda.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has increased the sardine Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for areas west of Cape Agulhas by 6 000 tonnes, adjusting the overall limit from 30 500 tonnes to 36 500 tonnes.

[New Times] Members of Parliament have summoned the ministers of agriculture, trade, and local government to explain persistent shortcomings in the agriculture sector.

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[Nile Post] Farmers in Ntungamo District are racing against worsening drought conditions as crops wither, water sources diminish and pasturelands dry up across several rural communities.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi has taken another step toward its long-promised shift from subsistence farming to a modern, commercial agricultural economy, with Agriculture Minister Roza Fatch Mbilizi handing over 15 tractors and full sets of implements to farmer cooperatives across the country.

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[ANGOP] Viana -- The theme of agribusiness as a decisive factor in Viana, production, processing and marketing opens the proceedings of the First Municipal Congress of Local Production, which takes place in the municipality of Viana, this Thursday.