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First pesticide centre for phytosanitary products in Kenya
Nov. 16, 2010
The first pesticide centre that processes products used to heal and prevent vegetable diseases has been inaugurated in Kenya by 20 African member countries in order to ensure food self-sufficiency, PANA learnt Friday from sources in Kigali.
The centre will enhance capacity building for researchers involved in the fight against vegetable diseases that affect subsistence and export crops in Africa, including banana, coffee, leguminous plants, the Centre for Phytosanitary Excellence (COPE), said.
The member countries of the initiative are Cameroon, Congo, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi, Angola and all the member countries of the East African Economic Community (EAEC) -- Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda and Rwanda.
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