Zimbabwe is taking advantage of a technology used in South Africa and China, to develop ammonium-based fertilizers from coal SPECIAL FEATURE | BIRD AGENCY | A Zimbabwean government-owned entity, Verify Engineering, is preparing to use locally available coal to develop ammonia-based fertilisers as the country ramps up agricultural productivity. “We …
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Up to 80 per cent of fertiliser consumed across sub-Saharan Africa is imported, with West Africa accounting for 40% while East and Southern Africa consume remaining 60% Pointe Noire, Congo | BIRD AGENCY | Located in Kouilou Province, 32km north of the central economic hub of Pointe Noire in the …
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By Ronald Musoke Doubts remain as to whether Tororo phosphate factory will boost farm output and check environmental degradation Barely ten days after President Yoweri Museveni launched the construction of a fertilizer factory at Sukuru in the eastern district of Tororo, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) …
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