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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.
The following are international Maize (corn) production statistics come from the Food and Agriculture Organization figures from FAOSTAT statics The quantities of corn (maize, Zea mays) in the following table are in million metric tonnes (m STs, m LTs). All countries with a typical production quantity of at least 10 million t (11 million short ...
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.
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.
Production. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has the sixth highest proportion of women working in agriculture, forestry and fishing in the world. The Democratic Republic of Congo produced, in 2018: 29.9 million tons of cassava (3rd largest producer in the world, second only to Nigeria and Thailand); 4.7 million tons of plantain (largest ...
In 1952, an African Produce and Marketing Board (later renamed the Agricultural Production and Marketing Board) was created with control over the marketing of African produce including maize, beans, peas, wheat, groundnuts, rice, sorghum millet, cassava and cotton seed. In 1956, the activities, powers and duties of the Maize Control, African ...
Norman Ernest Borlaug (/ ˈ b ɔːr l ɔː ɡ /; March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution.
Ugali. Ugali, also known as posho, nsima, papa, pap, sadza, isitshwala and other names, is a type of corn meal made from maize or corn flour in several African countries: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania ,Zimbabwe,Zambia,Lesotho,Eswatini, Angola,Mozambique ,Namibia, DRC, Malawi, Botswana and South Africa. [1] It is cooked in boiling water or milk until ...