The Rural Electrification Agency of the Federal Ministry of Power has presented solar-powered irrigation water pumping equipment to over 200 farmers across Ondo State in a bid to b [...]

Country: Nigeria

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Date: 20-Oct-2022

The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has attributed the current scarcity of eggs and rising costs of poultry produce to reduced productivity of the sector. The Chairman of PAN [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 20-Oct-2022

[The Conversation Africa] More than a quarter of a million people died of hunger in Somalia in 2011 - half of them children younger than five. The situation in Somalia in the comin [...]

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Date: 20-Oct-2022

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Health Cabinet Secretary nominee Susan Nakhumicha has opined that given the lift on the Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) ban the government should empowe [...]

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Date: 20-Oct-2022

[New Dawn] As Afterlives Of Slavery International Conference Continues [...]

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Date: 20-Oct-2022

[Ghanaian Times] Nsuta -- More than 600 farmers are to benefit from a newly established maize processing facility at Nsuta in the Sekyere Central District. [...]

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Date: 20-Oct-2022

[Daily News] THE government through the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries has set October 31 this year as deadline for livestock identification using electronic ear tags. [...]

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Date: 20-Oct-2022

[Daily Trust] The Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated that Nigeria's food security situation has worsened in the last 15 years. [...]

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Date: 20-Oct-2022

[Daily News] PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has instructed Regional and District Commissioners to ensure subsidized farm inputs reach the targeted farmers, whilst warning against e [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 20-Oct-2022

[Leadership] As part of the drive to address food insecurity in the country, Tingo Mobile Plc, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the All Farmers Association of Nigeria [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 20-Oct-2022

[VOA] Gaborone, Botswana -- Cattle farmers in Botswana, one of Africa's top beef exporters to the European Union, have welcomed renewed beef exports to Europe. The move follows a t [...]

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Date: 20-Oct-2022

[Daily News] IRRIGATION agriculture and the use of modern technologies is the way to ensure food security in African countries, including Tanzania. [...]

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Date: 20-Oct-2022

The African Activists for Climate Justice (AACJ) has presented a Climate Risk Register to the Nasarawa State Government in North-Central Nigeria.     Mr. Joseph Ibrahi [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 19-Oct-2022

The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has sent food items to flood victims in Awka North Local Government Area as part of efforts aimed at cushioning the effect of flo [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 19-Oct-2022

[UNFPA] Turkana County, Kenya -- Chants of "Apei Apei ng'akankomwon ng'akan!" ring out from a group of women sitting under a tree. The words translate to "One, one, nine, five" - K [...]

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Date: 19-Oct-2022

[The Exchange] There are concerns, fears and anger that AGRA billions funding food insecurity in Africa, discounting claims of AGRA empowering 30 million smallholder farmer househo [...]

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Date: 19-Oct-2022

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness at the devastation caused by floods in Bayelsa State. He has therefore, extended the nation’s condolences to the families of the [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 17-Oct-2022

Rahila Lassa, Abuja The Nigerian Government has set up a high profile delegation to meet with the Government of Cameroun over flooding partially caused by the opening of the Lagdo [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 17-Oct-2022

Luqmon Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called on global communities to remain proactive towards preventing looming food crisis as a result of cli [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 17-Oct-2022

By Salihu Ali, Abuja The National Human Rights Commission NHRC has called on the Nigerian Government to improve on food security. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Mr. Ton [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 17-Oct-2022

Following an excessive flood that has cut Bayelsa state off Nigeria, the Bayelsa state caucus in the National Assembly has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of disast [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 17-Oct-2022

[The Point] State House, Banjul, 12th October 2022:President Adama Barrow encouraged the Smart Farmers Association members to work with the Ministry of Agriculture to enhance food [...]

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Date: 17-Oct-2022

[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has directed Agriculture Minister el Sayyed el Quseir and Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt Gamal Negm to coordinate with [...]

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Date: 17-Oct-2022

[Nile Post] Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja, has called on stakeholders in the food chain to examine the current situation in order to address hunger in the country. [...]

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Date: 17-Oct-2022

[Independent (Kampala)] Kasese -- Farmers in Kasese District are counting losses following the outbreak of the Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) disease. [...]

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Date: 17-Oct-2022