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Maize Association Takes Loan Recovery Drive to Northern Nigeria
By Ene Okwanihe, Kano The Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) has taken its nationwide strategic meeting with maize farmers and stakeholders on the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anch [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 10-Oct-2022
Oyo State : AfDB prepares to launch special agro-processing zone project
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has revealed that the state Government is delighted with the prospects and potential of the African Development Bank’s special agro-proce [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 10-Oct-2022
Africa: World Cotton Day Focuses On the Fibre's Role in Weaving Socio-Economic Development
[UN News] Cotton is a constant thread in our lives, from field to fabric, the UN agriculture agency, FAO, upheld on Friday, World Cotton Day, drawing attention to the natural fibre [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 10-Oct-2022
Kenya: Sugar Prices Rise On Reduced Factory Output
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A two-kilo of sugar has risen by Sh12, at a time when the country is facing a 34 per cent decline in cane production. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 10-Oct-2022
Tunisia: Olive Harvest Estimated At 28 Thousand Tonnes in Silianna
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The olive harvest in the Siliana governorate is estimated at 28.000 tonnes of olive (5.7 thousand tonnes of olive oil), against 20.000 tonne [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 10-Oct-2022
Ghana: Cocoa Farmers Deserve to Enjoy Fruits of Their Labour
[Ghanaian Times] Cocoa farmers in the country must be the happiest group of people in the country today for two main reasons. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 10-Oct-2022
Organization Seeks Women Farmers Inclusion In Agricultural Budget Implementation
The Smallholder Women Farmers Organization in Nigeria (SWOFON) has called for gender inclusion in implementation of agricultural budgets at all levels of Government, saying 75 per [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Oct-2022
Nigeria’s Agric sector can provide jobs, boost economy – Experts
Nigeria’s agricultural sector is performing well and capable of providing employment for the teeming youths and boost the nation’s economy, if well harnessed. Dr Umar Abdullahi [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Oct-2022
Stakeholders Call For Enforcement of Anti-Open Grazing Law
The Cattle Menace and Conflict Resolution Committee in collaboration with other stakeholders, have called for the constitution of a Committee that would ensure the full enforcement [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Oct-2022
NAQS empowers farmers in Ife North, East constituency with improved seedlings
Tribune Online NAQS empowers farmers in Ife North, East constituency with improved seedlings In a bid to boost their production capacity, the National Agricultural Quarantine Serv [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Stakeholders Call for Private Sector Investment Policy In Agriculture
Agricultural stakeholders have called for a favorable policy environment that will enhance private sector investment in research aimed at developing the agriculture sector and guar [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Association calls on charcoal producers to end deforestation
The National Association of Charcoal Producers Dealers Exporters Association of Nigeria (NACPDEAN) has called on charcoal producers to engage in afforestation to curb deforestation [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Uganda: 78 Ugandan Startups Receive Shs5.9 Billion in Seed Funding From NSSF, Mastercard
[Nile Post] A total of 78 Ugandan businesses have each received $20000 in seed funding from National Social Security Fund (NSSF) together with the Mastercard Foundation as part of [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Africa: Govt Considering Fertiliser Coy for Africa Market - President
[Ghanaian Times] The government is considering an ambitious move to establish a fertiliser company capable of meeting the fertiliser demand of the entire African continent, Preside [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
East Africa: How Region Can Increase Lake Victoria's Productivity
[The Exchange] Lake Victoria is the largest freshwater lake in Africa and the largest inland fishery in the world. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Rwanda: Poultry Farmers Decry Soaring Cost of Feed
[New Times] Animal feed is too expensive and continues to be a major constraint on poultry productivity, farmers have said. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Tanzania: 1.3 Million Farmers Registered for Subsidised Fertiliser
[Daily News] AS the ongoing exercise to register farmers for getting subsidized fertilizer has reached 1.3 farmers, so far, the government sets measures to curb smuggling of that f [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Nigeria: Stakeholders Advocate Policy for Rice Fortification in Nigeria
[Leadership] Experts and stakeholders in food and agricultural sector have reiterated the need to draft policy document for rice Fortification in Nigeria, adding that, this would d [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Seychelles: Fishing Facility Partly Financed Under EU-Seychelles Fisheries Agreement Opens for Business
[Seychelles News Agency] A new fishing facility, partly financed by the European Union to support the fishing community in the eastern Mahe districts of Cascade and Pointe Larue to [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Ethiopia: Germany, France Offer Support to Transport, Distribute 50,000 Tons of Wheat Donated By Ukraine for Ethiopia, Somalia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Germany and France offered their support to transport and distribute 50,000 tons of wheat donated by Ukraine for Ethiopia and Somalia, two of the co [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Tunisia: Geothermal Early Vegetables Production in Gabes Estimated At 30 Thousand Tonnes #AfricaClimateCrisis
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The perimeters irrigated under greenhouse by geothermal water in the governorate of Gabes intended for the cultivation of early vegetables r [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
South Africa: Govt to Assist Wine Industry, Says Minister - South African News Briefs - October 6, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Kenya: Nyahururu Residents Urged to Embrace Chicken Rearing to Avert Cattle Rustling
[Capital FM] Nyahururu -- Laikipia residents have been asked to embrace chicken rearing in place of goats and cows in a bid to avert cattle rustling in the region. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-Oct-2022
Liberia: Protest Loom Over Rice Shortage
[New Dawn] As SUP, EFFL others announce mass rally to stage rice riot [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-Oct-2022
Liberia: Ministry of Commerce Creates More Doubts Than Hope Over the Timely Supply of Rice in the Local Market
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As thousands of Liberians including local traders and consumers continue to struggle for rice in post-conflict Liberia, the Coalition for Democratic C [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-Oct-2022