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Ghana: Govt Should Invest More in Agric - Prof. Ackah
[Ghanaian Times] An Economist at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Professor Charles Ackah, has called on the government to invest more into the a [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Aug-2022
Cameroon: Officials Blame War in Ukraine for Food Price Spikes
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Officials in Cameroon are urging people to eat local foods instead of imports, following protests over shortages and price spikes caused in part by Russi [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Aug-2022
Kenya: Drought-Hit Kenyan Herders Save Wildlife - and Their Livelihoods #AfricaClimateHope
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Olchoro Oirowua Village -- As drought and farming shrink natural habitats, wild animals are raiding villages for food. By protecting land for wildlife, [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Aug-2022
South Africa: Small Scale Fishers Call for Halt to Gas and Oil Exploration #AfricaClimateCrisis
[GroundUp] "When foreign companies drill oil in our oceans, fish die" [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Aug-2022
Anambra State Government Empowers Women Farmers Agricultural Cooperative Societies
The Anambra State Government has said it will empower women Farmers cooperative societies involved in agriculture with N1.08 billion, adding that each of the 362 electoral wards in [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2022
Organic Agriculture generates huge resources globally – ECOWAS committee
Mr Ernest Aubee, the Chairman Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) Regional Steering Committee, ECOWAS Commission, says Organic Agriculture is generating lots of resources globally [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2022
City Clean Up: FCTA justifies Kuje Area Council operations
By Hudu Yakubu Abuja The Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, hinted that it has resolved to cleared part of the forest in Pasali in Kuje Area Council due to th [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2022
President Buhari Approves Acquisition of Helicopter for National Park Service
Zeniat Abubakar, Abuja. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the acquisition of an helicopter for National Park Service, NPS, for the promotion and protection of the co [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2022
Sudan: Farmers Face Great Challenges, Agricultural Season Could Fail
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Farmers in Sudan are facing great challenges that may lead to the failure of the current agricultural season, speakers at the weekly discussion platform of th [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2022
Liberia: Bea Mountain Fulfills MOU, Gives 450 Bags of Rice and U.S.$11000 to Residence
[FrontPageAfrica] Dablo Clan -- In a move to rekindle a cordial relationship with the communities it operates, Bea Mountain Mining Company (BMMC), on Wednesday lived up to its comm [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2022
Liberia: Cassava Farmers Laud MOA for Support
[New Dawn] Maryland county -- A group of farmers in Maryland \county under the banner Cassava Transformation Corporative has commended the Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2022
Africa: Food Fears Grow As African Floods Fail to Subside #AfricaClimateCrisis
[SciDev.Net] Lagos -- Africa could face increased food insecurity and an unprecedented rural-urban migration crisis if the climate change induced flooding persists, environmentalis [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2022
Somalia: Somalia Receives Food Aid As 'Catastrophic' Drought Worsens
[VOA] Mogadishu -- The Somali government received 40 containers of food aid from the United Arab Emirates Saturday, amid concern over famine in the Horn of African country. The dro [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2022
Ghana: Climate Project Improves Crop Yields
[Ghanaian Times] The Climate Information Made Available to Entrepreneurial Farmers (CLIMATE) project has helped to improve agricultural practices amongst farmers in the northern pa [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2022
Cooperative Empowers People in Kano State On Poultry Farming
As part of its contributions to alleviating poverty in the country, the National Agricultural Mechanization Cooperative of Nigeria (NAMCON), says it has empowered no fewer than 4, [...]
Agriculture LivestockCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Aug-2022
UNDP-GEF Project Impacts Over 900,000 Beneficiaries in 7 States
Ene Okwanihe, Abuja The United Nations Development Programme/Global Environmental Facility (UNDP-GEF), Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in the Savannah zo [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Aug-2022
Stakeholders commend Nigeria’s Successful Implementation of UNDP-GEF-IAP-RSF
Ene Okwanihe, Abuja Stakeholders and participants in the United Nations Development Programme/Global Environmental Facility (UNDP-GEF), Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Aug-2022
Waste Management: Oyo State Government, Traders, Collaborate to Proffer Solutions
From Olubunmi Osoteku, Ibadan As part of efforts to maintain a clean and healthy environment, the Oyo State Government, in partnership with Mottainai Recycling Limited, has met wi [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Aug-2022
Council Confiscates multi million Substandard fertilizers In Kano State
Jack Acheme & Tukur Garba Arab, Kano. The Kano state Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has siezed substandard fertilizers and other assorted items worth over one hundred milli [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Aug-2022
FCTA Appeals to Environmental Workers to shelve industrial action
By Hudu Yakubu Abuja The Permanent Secretary, Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Olusade Adesola has appealed to workers of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board, (AEPB) to shelve [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Aug-2022
Sokoto State Government Sell 100mt of Fertilizers To Farmers
The Sokoto State Government has flagged off the distribution and sale of 100 metric tonnes of fertilizers to farmers in the state for the 2022 farming season. Governor of the state [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 10-Aug-2022
AfDB to Empower African Farmers With Staple Crops Seeds
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it will empower 20 million farmers with climate-adapted, certified wheat, and other staple crops seeds to avert a food crisis in Africa [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Aug-2022
3,000 Farmers Get Free Cocoa Seedlings In Ogun State
The Ogun State Government has so far distributed 10,000 cocoa seedlings to farmers in the state. The cocoa seedlings were given free of charge to over 3,000 farmers in Ijebu East [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Aug-2022
Nigerian Government Tasks Technical Colleges On Environmental Safeguard Measures
Temitope Mustapha, Abuja The Federal Government has charged managements of technical colleges in the country to prioritize environmental and social safeguard towards enhancing eff [...]
Environment, Health & SafetyCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Aug-2022
Sesame Farmers, Processors Eye Global Market Space As Export Hits U.S.$396 Million
[Daily Trust] No fewer than 150 Kano sesame farmers, processors and exporters have been trained by experts on the global methods of packaging, exportation and marketing of Sesame V [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Aug-2022