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Sudan: Flood Damage To Crops Will 'Exacerbate' Food Insecurity In Sudan
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- As Sudan's rainy season draws to a close, the number of people affected by seasonal rains and flash floods across Sudan has remained constant at 349,000 since [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Tanzania: Coffee Board to Distribute 3 Million Coffee Seedlings to Boost Production
[Independent (Kampala)] Dar es Salaam -- State-run Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB) said Sunday that it would distribute 3 million Robusta coffee seedlings to farmers free of charge to [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Africa: Five Ways Science, Technology and Innovation Are Helping to Transform the World's Agrifood Systems
[FAO] Finding new solutions for a better future of food [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Professor Chude becomes first Nigerian elected IUSS president in 98 years
A Renowned Nigerian Soil Scientist and Registrar, Nigeria Institute of Soil Science, Professor Victor Okechukwu Chude has been elected as the new President of the International Uni [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Insecurity, storm destroy our poultry farms, PAN FCT laments
As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the 2022 World Egg Day, the Poultry Farmers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has lamented the high rate of devastation that in [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
ECOWAS, PCU call for policy framework to develop practice of agroecology in Nigeria
As Nigeria marks the 2022 World Food Day, experts from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and stakeholders at the National Policy Dialogue on Agroecology in Ni [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Kaduna State: AFEX Commodities Exchange launches Grain Quality, Storage Facilities
The AFEX Commodities Exchange has launched a-100,000 metric tonnes Grain Quality Enhancement Facility, and a-30,000 metric tonnes Storage facility in Zaria, Kaduna State, North-wes [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Africa: Global Food Crisis - Let's Move From 'Despair to Hope and Action', Urges Guterres
[UN News] In the face of the growing hunger crisis, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization stressed on Friday, ahead of World Food Day, the need to "harness the power [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Kenya: Odinga Vows to Oppose Ruto's Push for GMO Crops to Bridge Food Deficit
[Capital FM] Kisumu -- Opposition leader Raila Odinga has vowed to oppose the lifting of the ban Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) crops in the country by President William Ruto' [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Liberia: UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Calls for Increase in Agricultural Productivity
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Deputy Resident Representative for Programme at UNDP is calling for a sustainable and viable seed production programme to increase agricultural pr [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
IMF raises concerns about food security in Nigeria, other sub-Saharan African countries
The IMF says food insecurity should be policy priority for African governments. The post IMF raises concerns about food security in Nigeria, other sub-Saharan African countries ap [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Oct-2022
Cocoa Beans Export: Nigeria earns N122.89 billion (QI, 2022)
The Nigerian Government says the country earned 122.89 billion Naira from the export of raw cocoa beans and cocoa products in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022. The Minister of Agricu [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Oct-2022
World Egg Day: Poultry Association seeks Government’s Intervention, Value Addition
As the World Egg Day was commemorated on Friday, October 14, the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) called for government’s intervention and value addition in the egg sub-secto [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Oct-2022
Anambra Poultry Farmers Celebrate World Egg Day
Poultry farmers under the aegis of Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) Anambra State Chapter, Friday, October 14, commemorated the 2022 World Egg Day in Awka, the state capital. T [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Oct-2022
Africa: Leading the Charge for Rural Women's Empowerment in Niger
[FAO] Saoudé is inspiring women to challenge gender norms and become financially independent [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Oct-2022
Malawi: Rural Women's Day - With Rains Unreliable, Malawi's Farmers Harness Sun Instead
[WFP] As climate change upends farming in the drought-prone southern African country, growers like Rosie Jameson are profiting from solar-powered irrigation schemes [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Oct-2022
Madagascar: WFP Launches Initiative to Bolster People's Resilience to Food Shocks in Southern Madagascar
[WFP] Antananarivo -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched the Anticipatory Action system as part of efforts to bolster smallholder farmers' ability to withst [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Oct-2022
Nigeria: Floods - Nigeria Could Become Dependent On Food Aid, Farmers Warn
[Leadership] Flooding, dearth of infrastructure logistics and high cost of diesel to transport agricultural commodities may exacerbate food insecurity in the country and lead to fu [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Oct-2022
Environment Health Council promises to create 10,000 Jobs in Nigeria
The Environment Health Council of Nigeria, EHCON, says it will create 10,000 jobs within the sphere of environment health in Nigeria. The Registrar of EHCON, Dr Yakubu Baba stated [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 11-Oct-2022
Nigeria: Flooding - IMF Seeks Social Assistance for Farmers to Curb Food Insecurity
[Leadership] With many farmlands under water due to the flooding in Benue, Kogi, Anambra and some other states in the country, the International Monetary Fund has warned that the c [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 11-Oct-2022
Sudan: Food Crisis - Children Poisoned in Darfur Camp After Eating From Landfill
[Dabanga] Nyala -- Head of the Otash camp for the displaced in Nyala locality, South Darfur, Sheikh Abdelrazeg Jales revealed that a child has died and three others were taken to t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 11-Oct-2022
Southern Africa: Interfaith Groups Call for Agroecology to be at the Centre of COP27's Agenda #AfricaClimateHope
[allAfrica] Faith communities all over the world are playing an increasingly important role in educating and encouraging followers to step up and take action on food security and t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 11-Oct-2022
Flood Impact: IFAD to commence Dry Season Farming in Nigeria
The International Fund for Agricultural Development-Value Chain Development Programme (IFAD-VCDP) has said that it will commence dry season farming in the country’s worst affecte [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 11-Oct-2022
Sudan: Pests Pose 'Dangerous' Threat to South Kordofan Crops
[Dabanga] Dalami / Kartala / Habila -- Farmers are in distress due to a "huge" number of pests, including locusts, starlings, rats, and American worm damaging crops in South Kordof [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 11-Oct-2022
Nigeria: WFP Extends Emergency Assistance to Prevent Acute Malnutrition in North-East
[This Day] The World Food Programme (WFP), an agency of the United Nations (UN) has distributed emergency nutrition assistance to prevent acute malnutrition among 104,835 crisis-af [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 11-Oct-2022