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930 Borno Households Benefit From WFP Training, Others
[Leadership] No fewer than 930 households comprising 4,600 residents have benefitted from 20 World Food Programme (WFP)-sponsored income generating activities in Malakyararai in Bo [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Sep-2022
Africa: Agric. Minister Launches the African Emergency Food Production Facility
[The Point] The Minister for Agriculture, Hon. Dr. Demba Sabally, on Friday 23 September 2022 launched the African Emergency Food Production Facility (AEFPF) supported by the Afric [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 28-Sep-2022
Malnutrition Crisis - Donors Pledge $0.57bn As Nigeria, 14 Others Hard Hit
[Vanguard] In response to the deepening global child malnutrition crisis, governments, philanthropies, and private donors have pledged an estimated $577 million to address the grow [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Sep-2022
Nigeria Should Adopt Fiscal, Other Reforms to Reduce Food Inflation - IMF
[Vanguard] The International Monetary Funds, IMF, has recommended fiscal, monetary and structural reforms to reduce food inflation in Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African countrie [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Sep-2022
UN Must Urgently Recognise Malnutrition Crisis in Northwest Nigeria
[MSF] As the malnutrition crisis in northwest Nigeria continues at catastrophic levels, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for the humanitarian community to respond to the [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Sep-2022
Experts Harp On Digital Agri-Tech In Africa
Experts from across the globe spoke on digital agri-tech to boost farm productivity In Africa, at the Harnessing Agricultural Technologies for Resilient Food Systems side event joi [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Sep-2022
Cross River State Releases Ultra-Modern Cocoa Processing Plant
The Cross River State Government has finalized processes to concession its ultra-modern Cocoa Processing plant, Ikom to AA Universal Agro Industries Ltd (AAU). The Governor of the [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Sep-2022
VON Reporter Wins OFAB-Nigeria Media Award for Best Radio
By Ene Okwanihe, Abuja Voice of Nigeria Agriculture Correspondent Ene Okwanihe has emerged Best Radio Reporter in the 6th Edition of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology ( [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Sep-2022
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Sep-2022
East Africa: Hunger Crisis in Horn of Africa Grows As Drought Persists
[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- Aid groups say more than 37 million people in the Horn of Africa are struggling with hunger fueled by a deadly record drought that has killed nearly 9 milli [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 26-Sep-2022
25 Million Nigerians Suffering From Hunger - Nutritionist
[Daily Trust] At least 25 million Nigerians are suffering from hunger, according to Prof Kola Matthew Anigo, National Coordinator of Academic and Research Network for Scaling up nu [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Sep-2022
Solving the Rice Problem in the Country
[FrontPageAfrica] The rice probem is raisng eyebrows yet once again because the price of a 25kg long grain parboiled rice has gone up from USD14 to USD20. This means that when near [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Sep-2022
Nigerian Agency Warns Against Too Much Use of Bleaching Cosmetics
[Premium Times] The NAFDAC boss says the majority of SPA outlets in the nation's cosmopolitan cities are culpable of the unhealthy practice of mixing chemicals and natural products [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Sep-2022
#2022GlobalCitizenFestival Campaign to End Extreme Poverty Hits $2.4bn
[Leadership] World's largest movement of action takers and impact makers dedicated to ending extreme poverty now, Global Citizen, has said that its 2022 Global Citizen Festival cam [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Sep-2022
ARC Upbeat
[New Republic] -Trained Local Farmers In Margibi Co. To Enhance Empowerment [...]
AgricultureCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Sep-2022
Poultry Association of Nigeria Commends South East Poultry Farmers
Poultry Association of Nigeria, PAN, has commended poultry farmers in the South East for their contributions in the growth of the Association at the national level. National Presid [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Sep-2022
World Sanitation Day: Nigeria Emphasises on Sensitisation Campaign Exercise
Nigerians have been urged to be conscious of issues surrounding sanitation, as significant percentages of preventable communicable diseases are traced to poor environmental sanitat [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Sep-2022
Tunisia: Gafsa - Olive Production Estimated At 50,000 Tonnes
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Olive production in the governorate of Gafsa is estimated at 50 thousand tonnes during the agricultural season 2022-2023, equivalent to 10,0 [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Sep-2022
USAID Empowers 120 Vulnerable Youths in Borno State
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Northeast Connection has empowered no fewer than 120 vulnerable youths in Borno State, Nigeria with modern farming to [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Sep-2022
U.S. announces project to improve cocoa value chain in Nigeria
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food for Progress programme has entered into a cooperative agreement with the Lutheran World Relief to strengthen the cocoa value ch [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Sep-2022
Agro-products Rejection: NABG, stakeholders move to ensure implementation of standards, policy framework
Tribune Online Agro-products Rejection: NABG, stakeholders move to ensure implementation of standards, policy framework Agro-products Rejection: NABG, stakeholders move to ensure [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Sep-2022
REDD+ donates Cassava-Processing Machines to Communities in Nasarawa State
The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has donated a cassava-processing machine to the Bohar community in Akwanaga Local Government Ar [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Sep-2022
Senegal: Landmark Lawsuit Filed Against Senegal Fish Meal Factory #AfricaClimateCrisis
[VOA] Dakar, Senegal -- A Senegalese fisherman's collective is suing the owners of a fish meal factory, which they say has polluted their village and destroyed their livelihoods. T [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Sep-2022
East Africa: Ukraine Donates 50,000 Tons of Wheat to Ethiopia, Somalia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ukraine's Cabinet Ministry announced that Ukraine will reimburse Ethiopia and Somalia for $11.4 million worth of wheat. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Sep-2022
China’s capture of Ghana’s fishing industry threatening food security
Usually under cover of darkness, fishing vessels take to the waters off Ghana’s coast close to Togo. Chinese-owned vessels proliferate and now appear to control Ghana’s wate [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Sep-2022