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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Ghana: Mobile Apps Help Smallholder Farmers Get Fairer Prices
[DW] Newly-developed farming apps have brought relief to farmers in Ghana who struggle to access fair market prices. Developers hope the apps will soon also be used on a wider scal [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Sep-2022
Africa: Presidential Summit Pushes for Urgent Action to Improve Food Systems
[New Times] For Africa to be able to bridge gaps in its food systems, countries need to jointly invest in transport and storage infrastructure, and move faster to harmonize tariff [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Sep-2022
Africa: AGRF - Experts Bank on Youth for Africa's Food Security
[New Times] Delegates at the ongoing 12th Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) have expressed concerns of growing food insecurity in Africa and how the continent risks missing on s [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Sep-2022
Rwanda: We Support Rwanda to Unlock Its Horticulture Potential - IDH Official
[New Times] Horticulture is one of the strategic areas that Rwanda is banking on as it seeks to expand its agriculture export base through diversification, and be able to generate [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Sep-2022
Namibia: Farmers Urged to Benefit From Better Rainfall
[New Era] The Agricultural Bank of Namibia has encouraged farmers to prepare for a better rainfall season, and at the same time urged them to continue building adaptive capacity to [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Sep-2022
IITA urges institute to collaborate with varsities on food production
Prof. Lateef Sanni of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has urged the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) to collaborate with universities [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Sep-2022
Nigerian Government, UN Partner on Digital Agriculture for Rural Women
The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs (FMWA) has disclosed plans to partner with the United Nations (UN) Women to harness the benefits of digital agr [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Sep-2022
Kogi State Trains 50,000 Women, Youths On Potato Production
Kogi State Enterprise Development Agency (KEDA) on Wednesday, launched the ‘Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) programme, with the training and empowerment of women and youths in [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Sep-2022
Kenya: Lamu Port Was Meant to Deliver Great Things. But, As the Story of Local Fishermen Shows, It Hasn't
[The Conversation Africa] For nearly two decades, successive Kenyan governments have promoted mega infrastructure projects as a pathway to development. The Lamu Port has been one o [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Sep-2022
Mineral Exploration: Nigerian Government begins Mapping of Doma Sheet
The Nigerian Government has commenced the mapping of the Doma Sheet for mineral exploration in Nasarawa State, North-Central Nigeria. The Director, Regional Geology, Nigerian Geol [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Sep-2022
Nigerian University to commence Exportation of Shea Butter
A tertiary institution in Nigeria, the University of Ilorin, located in Kwara State, North-Central Nigeria, has disclosed plans to commence exportation of “multi-purpose” shea [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Sep-2022
Zimbabwe: President Emmerson Mnangagwa Has Launched the State of the Art Fertilizer Blender Plant At Zimbabwe Phosphate Industries (Zimphos) in Msasa With Capacity of Producing 200 000 Tonnes of Basal Fertilizers Per Annum.
[263Chat] ZimPhos is wholly owned by Government through Chemplex Corporation Limited which is also owned 100% Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Sep-2022
Somalia: Malnutrition Killing Hundreds of Children, UN Says
[DW] The fifth drought in as many years has brought Somalia to the brink, raising fears of a deadly famine. Hundreds of children have already died from severe acute malnutrition. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Sep-2022
South Africa: Despite What Farmers Think, Local Honey Bees Can Pollinate Blueberries
[The Conversation Africa] Next time you see a bee hovering around a fruit tree, you're probably witnessing pollination in action. Pollination is what enables a plant to produce see [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Sep-2022
Morocco: New Cannabis Production Law Needs Faster Implementation
[ISS] Action is required to keep farmers on side and prevent traffickers from laundering proceeds through the legal market. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Sep-2022
South Africa: New Fishing Quotas to Be Allocated
[GroundUp] But only original applicants may apply for rights [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Sep-2022
Zimbabwe: Govt Moves to Stamp Out Corruption in Pfumvudza/Intwasa Programme
[The Herald] With Government targeting 3, 5 million households for this year's Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme, concerted efforts are already being made to rid the input distribution p [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Sep-2022
South Africa: Brics Urged to Work Collectively in Global Food, Fuel Crisis
[SAnews.gov.za] The Speaker of the National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, has emphasised the need for a collective solution from the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Afr [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Sep-2022
CFM’s agricultural initiative showcased as innovative solutions to food security, climate change challenges
Tribune Online CFM’s agricultural initiative showcased as innovative solutions to food security, climate change challenges The Seeds for Future programme, a signature value chai [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Don urges NSPRI to collaborate with varsities, others to curtail food insecurity
Tribune Online Don urges NSPRI to collaborate with varsities, others to curtail food insecurity Professor Lateef Sanni of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IIT [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Association demand prosecution of donkey products smugglers
Tribune Online Association demand prosecution of donkey products smugglers The Donkey Dealers Association of Nigeria has asked the Federal government to prosecute both Nigerians a [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Stakeholders ask Senate to jettison proposed amendment of NBMA Act
Tribune Online Stakeholders ask Senate to jettison proposed amendment of NBMA Act Stakeholders in the agriculture and environmental sector have asked the Nigerian Senate to jettis [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
BOUESTI students hail varsity over compulsory course on agriculture
Tribune Online BOUESTI students hail varsity over compulsory course on agriculture Students of the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology Ikere-Ekiti (B [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
2,000 hectares of rice farms risk being submerged by floods in Niger State
Tribune Online 2,000 hectares of rice farms risk being submerged by floods in Niger State Over 2,000 Hectares of rice farm in Majin Gari village in Lavun Local Government Area of [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
CRIN reinvigorates cocoa, cashew research culture
Tribune Online CRIN reinvigorates cocoa, cashew research culture The Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) has emerged from the glooms of inactivity, industrial unrest and dw [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022