Food Business Africa- Week 14, News

AFRICAN NEWS HEADLINES

Kenya debuts improved chicken breed with exceptional egg-laying capabilities

KENYA –?The Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) has launched?an improved indigenous chicken breed (KC3)?with exceptional disease resistance and exceptional egg-laying capabilities.?. .More

Senegal launches fish processing facility in?Joal-Fadiouth

SENEGAL-?Senegal has set up a new fish processing facility in the coastal town of Joal-Fadiouth to improve the fishing processing abilities and help players in the artisanal fishing industry reap more from their catch?.?. .?More

Uganda Breweries empowers Luzira single mothers with agribusiness skills

UGANDA?-?Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL)?in partnership with the office of the Luzira Women Councillor LC III, has offered agribusiness training and donated 2,000 mushroom gardens to Luzira single mothers.?. .?More

Syngenta opens Kenya’s first Crop Protection Development center in Kiambu

KENYA?- Global agricultural science and technology solutions provider, Syngenta, has commissioned its first Crop Protection Development (CPD) Knowledge Centre in East Africa based in Lioki, Kiambu County, and the fourth in Africa?.?. .?More

Morocco resorts to cattle imports from Brazil to shore up local beef supply

MOROCCO –??Morocco has imported 2,800 heads of cattle from Brazil to maintain an adequate supply of beef and prevent further spiking in prices of the highly sought-after commodity. . .More

Uganda to export coffee directly?to South Korea?

UGANDA –???Uganda has forged a coffee collaboration program with South Korea that includes getting a?quality control value chain expert from South Korea and getting direct exporting access of Ugandan coffee to the country. . .More

GLOBAL?NEWS HEADLINES

Nestle goes after Mumbai-based Capital Foods

INDIA -??Nestle, the world’s largest fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) player by revenue, has advanced its talks in the US$1 billion?acquisition deal for?the owner of Ching’s Secret brand,?Capital Foods, which has attracted a multitude of potential suitors?. . .?More

AB InBev debuts world’s first beer created using Artificial intelligence

BELGIUM?-??Belgian multinational drink and brewing company, AB InBev, has harnessed?the power of Artificial intelligence (AI) technology to create?the first completely machine-created beers in the world,?dubbed Beck’s Autonomous and its full marketing campaign?.?. .?More

Norevo unveils cost-effective glazing agent with immense capabilities

GERMANY -??Hamburg -based ingredient supplier, Norevo, has launched a glazing agent for chocolate-coated goods, Norevo Quick Gloss DF, that promises stable gloss results, low dosage requirement, and fast drying time for soft chocolate and compound surfaces?. . .More

Free flow manufacturing to set up New Zealand’s first plant-based milk factory

NEW ZEALAND?-?Free Flow Manufacturing, a leading beverage contract manufacturer in New Zealand, is building the country’s first dedicated plant-based milk factory in East Auckland to produce 50 million litres of plant-based milk every year?. . .More?

Researchers develop bioplastic straws that degraded significantly in two months

SOUTH KOREA?-?Researchers from the Creative Research Center for Nanocellulose Future Composites, at Inha University in Incheon, have developed bioplastic straws that have the right strength and stabilities and also ‘degraded significantly’ when left outside for two months.?. .More??