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Nigerian Government to enact laws against open defecation practices
By, Hikmat Bamigboye Nigerian Government says it will support states to introduce a law to ban open defecation practices. The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, Said t [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 27-Aug-2022
Private Sector Launches Land Restoration Initiative
[Nile Post] A private sector led initiative named Restore Africa that will enable atleast 350,000 farming households in Uganda to be more climate resilient has been launched. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Uganda
Region: Africa
Date: 27-Aug-2022
Stockbrokers explore Nigeria’s Agricultural sector to drive economic growth, employment
The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) says it is exploring the link between Nigeria’s agricultural sector and the capital market as drivers of employment and economic gro [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Aug-2022
NGO seeks inclusion of Agroecology in Climate Change Policy
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), a Non-Governmental Organization in Nigeria, has advocated the inclusion of agroecology in the country’s National Climate Change Pol [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Aug-2022
Food Insecurity: ECOWAS advocates increased budgetary allocation to Agriculture
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has recommended improved budgetary allocation to the agricultural sector as a panacea for food insecurity in the sub-region. [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Aug-2022
42nd Ordinary SADC Summit - Samia Stresses Food Security
[Daily News] PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has emphasised the importance of ensuring food security among member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Aug-2022
Rural Farmers On Milk Processing Skills Acquisition
[The Point] The Gambia Livestock Marketing Agency (GLMA) in collaboration with the Small Ruminant Production Enhancement Project (SRPEP) on Saturday, 20th August 2022 commenced tra [...]
Agriculture LivestockCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Aug-2022
Hunger Looms, As Potato Disease Blights Crop, Threatens Value Chain in Plateau
[Vanguard] THE production of Irish Potato, a staple food in the country, has run into trouble with a strange disease that now ravages the crop and threatens to render farmers joble [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Aug-2022
Africa: Storing Cattle Feed Can Improve Milk and Meat Yields - Why Farmers Aren't Doing It
[The Conversation Africa] Africa's cattle feed production is a boom-and-bust cycle. Most of the continent's grazing lands are lush and green in the rainy season, only to wither int [...]
LivestockRegion: Africa
Date: 26-Aug-2022
Decline in Livestock Prices, Rise in Food Prices Haunt Kenyans #AfricaClimateCrisis
[allAfrica] The National Drought Management Authority reports that the drought condition in the country has continued to deteriorate as several parts of the Arid and Semi-Arid Land [...]
Agriculture LivestockCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Aug-2022
Africa: Africa's Climate Crisis Could Leave You Jobless, Sick, and Hungry #AfricaClimateCrisis
[allAfrica] Harare -- We all need to eat, but the global climate crisis is putting food production at risk. Due to the intense heat, harsh weather, and droughts, yield growth for w [...]
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Aug-2022
Agency, PLAN International To Partner on Disaster Affected Children
By Hudu Yakubu Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, has expressed it’s willingness to partner with PLAN International, a UK based Non- Governmen [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
Lagos State Governor pledges to address stakeholders challenges in Agriculture
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has pledged to address the challenges of stakeholders in the agri-space and giving hope to the people through improved quality of life [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
“Safeguard our investment in donkey business” – Association
The National Chairman, Donkey Dealers Association, Mr Dike Ifeanyi, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent steps towards safeguarding their N60 billion investment [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
Niger State to partner with Experts on Agriculture development
The Niger State government in North central Nigeria, has planned to go into partnership with expatriates in the areas of Agriculture development. The Governor of the State, Abubaka [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
Ethiopia: Drought, Hunger and Fighting Leave Ethiopia in 'Very Difficult Humanitarian Situation'
[UN News] Amidst deteriorating levels of malnutrition and Ethiopia's worst drought in 40 years, 17 million people are being targeted for humanitarian assistance, the UN spokesperso [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
South Africa: South African Citrus - New EU Rules Are Unjust and Punitive
[The Conversation Africa] In mid-July 2022 the European Union imposed new restrictions on South African citrus imports. The new phytosanitary requirements were meant to address Fal [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
Seychelles: First Shipment of Fishing Nets Sent From Seychelles to Europe for Recycling #AfricaClimateHope
[Seychelles News Agency] A newly established circular business in Seychelles, Brikole, on Wednesday sent out its first shipment of exhausted fishing nets to Europe for recycling, r [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
Ethiopia: WFP Executive Director Condemns Seizure of Humanitarian Fuel Supplies by Tigray Authorities
[WFP] Rome -- It is reprehensible that millions of people will be pushed further into hunger by the resumption of fighting in Northern Ethiopia. In the past few months, the humanit [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
South Africa: 'Kill the Boer' Song Not Hate Speech - South African News Briefs - August 25, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
Fertilizers: Farmers in Kano State lament high cost
Farmers in Kano State, Northern Nigeria, have lamented the high cost of fertilizers, saying many farmers could not plant in the 2022 farming season. The farmers, however, lauded th [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Aug-2022
Association wants Nigerians to embrace Cashew Cultivation/ Value Chain
The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has urged Nigerians to embrace cashew cultivation and its entire value chain for economic prosperity, saying the commodity has a h [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Aug-2022
Nigerian Government launches Emission Trading Scheme, ETS
By Zeniat Abubakar, Abuja The Nigerian Government has launched the Emissions Trading Scheme, ETS, which is to provide policy recommendations that will guide National transition of [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Aug-2022
Flood: NEMA advises Farmers in Anambra State to harvest, relocate
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has raised alarm over imminent flooding, advising residents, particularly farmers in flood-prone areas in Anambra sta [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Aug-2022
Federal Capital Territory Administration relaunches Clean-up exercise in suburbs
Eight months after, officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Wednesday, rolled out bulldozers in continuation of its clean-up exercise to save [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Aug-2022