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The Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation, usually known as ADMARC, was formed in Malawi in 1971 as a government-owned corporation or parastatal to promote the Malawian economy by increasing the volume and quality of its agricultural exports, to develop new foreign markets for the consumption of Malawian agricultural produce and to support Malawi's farmers. it was the successor of ...
Maize / meɪz / ( Zea mays ), also known as corn in North American and Australian English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago from wild teosinte. Native Americans planted it alongside beans and squashes in the Three Sisters polyculture.
Growing maize as a cash crop requires reasonable sale prices, low input costs (particularly fertilizer) and farmers having some financial reserves. Farm incomes were declining by 1976 and, from 1981 to 1986, the real value of Malawi maize producer prices fell to 40% to 60% of those of other Central and East African states.
The Portuguese first introduced maize production in Tanzania on Pemba Island in the 16th century, and by 17th century, maize production spread to other parts of Tanzania including the Tanzanian mainland. Production of maize expanded until recent years. However, Tanzania is still a leading country for maize production in East Africa.
Agriculture in Kenya dominates Kenya's economy. 15–17 percent of Kenya's total land area has sufficient fertility and rainfall to be farmed, and 7–8 percent can be classified as first-class land. [1] [2] In 2006, almost 75 percent of working Kenyans made their living by farming, compared with 80 percent in 1980. [1]
The Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) is an organization representing those involved in the grain trade in Eastern Africa. It was registered in 2006 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya, with regional offices in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and South Sudan. EAGC members can be grain traders, farmers or processors.
Agriculture is the main part of Tanzania's economy. [1] As of 2016, Tanzania had over 44 million hectares of arable land with only 33 percent of this amount in cultivation. [citation needed] Almost 70 percent of the rich population live in rural areas, [2] and almost all of them are involved in the farming sector. [3]
Agriculture is the most important economic sector. It accounts for about 65% of the GDP and employs 65% of the workforce. [2] Livestock alone contributes about 40% to GDP and more than 50% of export earnings. [3] A camel trader in Hargeisa, Somalia. According to the Central Bank of Somalia, about 80% of the population are nomadic or semi ...