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Nestlé Partners Africa Food Prize On Food Security, Climate Change
Nestlé Plc has announced that it is partnering with the Africa Food Prize to accelerate food systems in Africa, as a way of developing the continent’s food security and building [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Nov-2022
Kaduna State APPEALS to establish 15 cottage processing centres
In its bid to reduce post-harvest losses among low-income farmers, the Kaduna State Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) project a [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Nov-2022
Africa: Global Food Imports On Track to Reach All-Time High - FAO
[UN News] Food import costs globally are projected to reach nearly $2 trillion this year, or higher than previously expected, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Nov-2022
Africa: Adapt or Starve - COP27 Spotlights Agriculture Challenges and Solutions in the Face of Climate Change
[UN News] Small-scale farmers from developing countries produce one-third of the world's food, yet they only receive 1.7 per cent of climate finance even as they are forced to cope [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Nov-2022
Africa: Costs of Farm Inputs Still a Headache for Africa
[The Exchange] Food experts call for efforts to reduce costs of farm inputs [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Nov-2022
Date Harvest Estimated At 250.000 Tonnes in Kebili
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The date harvest season has been underway since the end of October 2022 in the governorate of Kebili with a 25% progress rate, Head of the L [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Tunisia
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Nov-2022
Kenya: Tea Prices Dip Slightly As Demand Shrinks
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Tea prices dipped slightly at last week's Mombasa auction amid irregular demand for the commodity. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Nov-2022
Rwanda: Fishmongers Hopeful as Lake Karago Gets New Fish Seeds
[New Times] Fish mongers in Nyabihu District are optimistic following the introduction of 3,000 new fish seeds (fish eggs) of the carp species in Lake Karago. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Nov-2022
Some Fish Stocks in Precarious State
[New Era] Walvis Bay -- A stock assessment carried out by the fisheries ministry over the past year has yielded mixed results as some fish stocks show growth while others are still [...]
Agricultural Tools/Equipments FisheryCountry: Namibia
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Nov-2022
Nigeria develops Action Plan to curtail Bio-security threats
Zeniat Abubakar. Abuja The Federal Ministry of Environment has developed an Action Plan aimed at minimizing threats to Bio-security in the country. At a stakeholders meeting on the [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 11-Nov-2022
COP27: Dataphyte Launches Climate Data Hub
Zeniat Abubakar Abuja Nigeria’s leading data journalism platform, Dataphyte, has launched the first climate data platform in the country. The platform is Dataphyte’s programme [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 11-Nov-2022
Association Moves Partnership with Banks to Fast-Track Farmers Entrepreneurship
By, Hikmat Bamigboye The All Farmers’ Association of Nigeria, AFAN has commence plans to broaden its collaboration with financial institutions in order to support farmers and com [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 11-Nov-2022
Flooding: Switzerland donates $756,000 to support victims in Nigeria
The Government of Switzerland is committing over seven-hundred US dollars in aid to the Nigerian Government as humanitarian response to flood victims. The move was in response t [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 11-Nov-2022
West Africa: Climate Change Means Farmers in West Africa Need More Ways to Combat Pests
[The Conversation Africa] The link between climate change and the spread of crop pests has been established by research and evidence. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 11-Nov-2022
Uganda Veterinary Association Takes Exhibition and Agm to Masaka, Over 5000 Farmers to Benefit
[Independent (Kampala)] Masaka, Uganda -- All roads will lead to Masaka City's Liberation Ground November 23 for over 5,000 farmers in the region as the Uganda Veterinary Associati [...]
AgricultureCountry: Uganda
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Nov-2022
How Africa can build resilient agric system — Experts
Tribune Online How Africa can build resilient agric system — Experts Most often the African food supply system suffers serious setbacks as a result of activities around the glob [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Nov-2022
Nigerian Government, IFAD, distribute tools to farmers in Enugu State
The Nigerian Government in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development-Value Chain Development Programme, has distributed rice farm inputs tools worth mo [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Nov-2022
Group Calls On Government To Support Civil Servants In Agriculture
By Chinwe Onuigbo, Awka The Civil Servants In Agriculture Foundation(CSIAF),on Sunday November 6,2022, Inaugurated the Anambra south zonal chapter in Anambra State. The State Coord [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Nov-2022
COP27: UN agency calls for collective effort against climate change
The 2022 Conference of Parties on Climate Change, popularly known as COP 27, has begun on Sunday in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, with a call on everyone to work toward averting further [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Nov-2022
House of Reps holds Public Hearing on Ecological Fund Accruals
Gloria Essien, Abuja The House of Representatives Committee on Ecological Fund has held an Investigate Hearing on the ” Need To Investigate The Total Consolidated Accruals and Ut [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Nov-2022
Sudan: Nile in Mortal Danger, Sudan's Food Security At Stake
[Dabanga] Alty -- "Climate change, pollution, and exploitation by man are putting existential pressure on the world's second longest river," the Nile, AFP writes in a report publis [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Nov-2022
Ghana: At Anlo Hogbetsotso Festival - We'll Curtail High Food, Fuel Prices - Veep Assures Ghanaians
[Ghanaian Times] Anloga -- The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has pleaded with Ghanaians to bear with the government as it takes steps to turn around the economic fortunes of [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Nov-2022
South Africa: Development Will Destroy Philippi's Farming, Say Activists
[GroundUp] MEC Bredell to consider new Environmental Impact Assessment and public comments this week for Philippi Horticultural Area [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Nov-2022
Agriculture: Nigeria has only 7% adoption rate in hybrid production – Expert
In a bid to improve crop production and food sufficiency in Nigeria, there is need to improve the availability of quality seeds and farm culture in the nation, the Managing Di [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 05-Nov-2022
Ogun State Flags Off Development of State’s Multimillion Dollar SAPZ
The Ogun State Government has flagged off development of State’s multimillion dollar Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) project, as one of the eight states selected f [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 05-Nov-2022