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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Ghana: Ghana to Host Pan-African Agritech Innovation Hub in Accra
[Ghanaian Times] Ghana will host the Pan-African AgriTech Innovation Hub, a public-private partnership initiative dubbed "Timbuktoo", aimed to mobilise and invest $1 billion of pub [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Aug-2022
East Africa: UN Agencies - Severe Hunger Sliding Toward Famine in Horn of Africa
[VOA] Geneva -- U.N. agencies warn that severe hunger is sliding toward famine-like conditions in the Horn of Africa, particularly in Somalia, as four years of consecutive drought [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Aug-2022
Ghana: Stakeholders Asked to Partner Govt to Prevent Yam Glut
[Ghanaian Times] The Bono East Regional Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Mrs Cecilia Kegya -Agyemang, has asked stakeholders in the private sector to partne [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Aug-2022
FCTA Clears Roadside Artisans, Building Materials Dealers In Karmo
By Hudu Yakubu Abuja For allegedly encroaching on road corridors and constituting public nuisance, FCTA city management officials raided and disloged artisans and building material [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Biosafety Agency Moves to Ensure Bio-Security in Nigeria
The Nigerian Governmnet has put in place measures to ensure that bio-security is achieved in the country. The Director General of the National Biosafety Management Agency, NBMA, Dr [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Association Decries Rejection of Nigeria’s Ginger in International Market
The National Ginger Association of Nigeria (NGAN) has decried rejection of the product in the international market, despite the country’s ginger being one of the best in the worl [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Osun State Targets Growth In Cassava Value-chain
The Osun State Government says it is targeting growth in Cassava value-chain through its monthly food support scheme. The State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, said this while flaggi [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Nigerian Government Restores Agriculture Development Programmes
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar says restoring Agriculture Development Programmes, ADPs is top priority in achieving the mandate of food se [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Africa: Millions Go Hungry - While Billions Worth of Food Go Into Landfills
[IPS] United Nations -- The ominous warnings keep coming non-stop: some of the world's developing nations, mostly in Africa and Asia, are heading towards mass hunger and starvation [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Mozambique: President Inaugurates Vegetable Oil Factory
[AIM] President Filipe Nyusi on 18 August inaugurated a new vegetable oil factory in the city of Cuamba, in the northern province of Niassa. The factory is owned by the Niassa Cott [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Morocco: Production of Morocco's Coastal Fisheries Up 20 Percent By End of July 2022
[MAP] Casablanca -- Morocco's production of coastal and artisanal fisheries amounted to 719,925,383 tonnes in the first seven months of 2022, worth 5.4 billion dirhams, that is a 2 [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Mozambique: Mozambique Purchases Over One Million Vaccines Against Foot and Mouth Disease
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambique Veterinary Authority intends to import over a million doses of vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease to respond to the outbreak confirmed in the dis [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Southern Africa: 'Agri SA Calls to Lift Import Ban Emotional, Unbalanced'
[Namibian] NAMIBIAN government officials have called the recent claim that Namibia and Botswana should remove the import ban on some quota of fresh produce from South Africa an emo [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
South Africa: Gene Discovery Could Fight Cassava Disease, Increase Food Security
[SciDev.Net] Cape Town -- The discovery of a gene resistant to the virus that causes the devastating cassava mosaic disease could aid the development of disease-resistant cassava v [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Cameroon: Govt Says Border Conflict Exacerbating Hunger and Malnutrition
[VOA] Kindzeka -- Authorities in Cameroon say thousands of people who fled communal violence near the borders with Chad and Nigeria are suffering from malnutrition with scores of c [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Aug-2022
Osun State Government lauds Food Support Scheme
The government of Osun State, South-west Nigeria, says the positive feedbacks and impacts of its Food Support Scheme on the people of the State have encouraged it to sustain the in [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Aug-2022
Eritrea: Call for Regular Surveillance On Prevalence of Pests
[Shabait] The Ministry of Agriculture called on the public to conduct regular surveillance on migrating pests in general and that of burnous that could occur with the existing good [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Aug-2022
Somalia: WFP Scales Up Support for Millions Who Affected by Drought
[Shabelle] As the threat of famine looms in the Horn of Africa, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Friday that it is scaling up operations to support millions going hungry [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Aug-2022
South Africa: Govt Takes On EU in Dispute Over Stringent New Regulations On Exporting Oranges
[Daily Maverick] The South African citrus industry, which employs more than 140,000 workers and generates about R30-billion in export revenue, is under threat after the EU suddenly [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Aug-2022
Liberia: Gov't to Aid Rice Importers
[New Republic] The Government of Liberia said it would not allow rice prices to be increased under its watch. The George Weah-led administration, which has its root in the fight ag [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Aug-2022
Southern Africa: SADC Seeks to Restore Lost Indigenous Seed Varieties #AfricaClimateHope
[Times of Zambia] IT is undeniable that seeds play a fundamental role of sustaining food security and nutrition across the world. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Aug-2022
Nigerian Government encourages farmers to embrace technology, improved quality seeds
The Nigerian Government has urged farmers to embrace technology and plant improved quality seeds to increase productivity and yield per unit area. The Minister of Agriculture and R [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Aug-2022
Anambra State to benefit from Agriculture intervention Project
Anambra State has been chosen among states in the nation to benefit from Small Holder Horticultural Empowerment Promotion SHEP project. The State SHEP team leader, Mr Jude Nwankwo, [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Aug-2022
Africa: A Bulk Wheat Shipment Is En Route to Africa
[DW] The first grain shipment is en route to Djibouti weeks after a deal saw Russia allow the export of vital foods to resume via the Black Sea. But the 23,000 metric tons of wheat [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 20-Aug-2022