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Daily Monitor Wednesday May 12 2021 Men load maize onto a truck at Busia market on Monday after Kenya lifted a ban on the importation of the cereal crop from Uganda. PHOTO/DAVID AWORI Summary Advertisement There is a sigh of relief among traders after Kenya lifted the ban on importation of maize. More than 100 trucks carrying about 1,200 tonnes of maize from Busia, Uganda, spontaneously crossed into Kenya on Monday. The lift marks the resumption of the multibillion trade between Uganda and Kenya, a major trading partner on the East African bloc. The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) of Kenya on March 5 banned the importation of maize from Uganda and Tanzania over safety standards, saying the cereal had aflatoxins and posed a health risk to consumers. ....
Telangana set to clock one crore tonnes of paddy output this rabi March 12, 2021 But, uncertainty looms large on procurement As the total cropped area increased significantly, Telangana is all set to see a record output of over one crore tonnes of paddy in the rabi season. For the 2020-21 agricultural season, the total paddy output would be 2.5 crore tonnes as kharif, too, saw a significant increase in area. In the rabi season, the paddy area went up to 52 lakh acres, going up by one-and-half times the normal area of 22 lakh acres. “This could yield about one crore tonnes, taking the total output in the two seasons to 2.5 crore tonnes. At 52 lakh acres, the State tops in paddy area in the season,” B Janardhan Reddy, Secretary (Agriculture), Government of Telangana, told ....