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GAIN inks MOU, opens new office to mark entry in Benin

BENIN – The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), a Swiss foundation launched by the United Nations has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Benin’s Ministry of Agriculture allowing the implementation of a three-year project that marks its entry into the country. Since its inception at the UN in 2002, GAIN has been working to tackle the human suffering caused…

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Benin wants to double paddy rice by 2025, exports first batch of processed cashew nuts

BENIN – The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries aims to increase national production of paddy rice to 1 million tonnes by the end of 2025 as the country strides towards acceleration food security.  According to the statement by the ministry, the initiative is part of the National Strategy for the Development of Rice-Second Generation (SNDR 2) implemented in 2019…

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Atlantic Group secures financing from West African Development Bank to set up flour mill in Benin

BENIN – The West African Development Bank (BOAD) and the Atlantic Group, headed by the Ivorian businessman Koné Dossongui, have sealed a loan agreement  for the construction of a new flour mill in the Industrial Zone of Glo-Djigbé, Benin. Dubbed ‘Atlantic Moulin Benin (AMB)’, the project is expected to stimulate growth of the local agri-food industry, reduce imports of wheat flour and…

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