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Ebonyi State Governor Swears In New Commissioner for Agriculture
Moses Nwite, Abakaliki In a bid to ensure food sufficiency in Ebonyi State Southeast Nigeria, the Governor, Engr David Umahi has performed the swearing in of a new Commissioner [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
NGO advocates moratorium on Deep Seabed Mining in Nigeria
Yusuf Akinlotan, Lagos Towards securing a sustainable ecosystem, environment and food security, an international Non-Government organisation, Sustainable Ocean Alliance ( SOA) has [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Waste Management: Oyo State Bars Managers from Commercial Evacuation
Olubunmi Osoteku, Ibadan The Oyo State Government has barred all former Private Sector Participants (PSPs) from engaging in any form of refuse evacuation in the state. Governor Sey [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Africa: We're On the Cusp of the Most Catastrophic Food Crisis in 50 Years - Where Is the Global Response?
[IPS] Berlin / Terni, Italy -- A growing mountain of data and analysis points to an unprecedented global crisis in the making, due to the convergence of "Four Cs" (Conflict, Covid, [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Africa: The World Was Already Broken. Shall Ukrainian Cereals Fix It Up?
[IPS] Madrid -- A wide majority, including the United States, has cheered the 22 July Turkey-brooked agreement between Russia and Ukraine to resumen cereals and fertilisers exports [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Nigeria: U.S. to Invest $55 Million in Food Security in Nigeria
[Premium Times] "The funds will help immediately address the economic, food and nutrition needs of vulnerable communities in Nigeria most adversely impacted by higher food, fuel, a [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Africa: FAO Warns 90 Per Cent of Earth's Topsoil At Risk By 2050
[UN News] A full 90 per cent of the Earth's precious topsoil is likely to be at risk by 2050, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Nigeria: Surviving the Food Crisis in North-East Nigeria
[IPS] Abuja, Nigeria -- Today in north-east Nigeria, millions of people are facing the painful consequences of a deteriorating food security and nutrition crisis. Food insecurity m [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
South Africa: Shining Fluorescent Light On Bee Sperm Could Help Explain Colony Survival
[The Conversation Africa] Form follows function. This is the principle that the design or shape of something - whether made by humans or in nature - should serve a purpose. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Africa: UN Welcomes New Centre to Put Ukraine Grain Exports Deal Into Motion
[UN News] UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the official start of the operation based in the Turkish capital, Istanbul, that will help implement the UN-brokered d [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Liberia: Govt, Japan Sign U.S.$2.5 Million 9th Round of KR Food Aid 2022 Grant
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The governments of Liberia and Japan have signed the 9th Round of the KR Food Aid 2022 Grant, estimated at US$2.5 million. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Mozambique: United States Pledges U.S.$116 Million for Food and Nutrition Assistance
[AIM] The United States will disburse US$116 million for food and nutritional assistance to over 800,000 people displaced due to the terrorist attacks in the northern province of C [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
South Africa: Step-Aside Rule a Contentious Issue for ANC - What's Happening In South African News - July 29, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Nigerian Scientists embark on Community tree recovery campaign.
Climate change, the Nigerian scientists has embarked on Community Tree Recovery campaigns to reduce desertification and ecological challenges. A science climatologist and the direc [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 28-Jul-2022
Sixteen States To Suffer Food Shortage -House Of Representatives
Gloria Essien, Abuja The Nigerian House of Representatives, says sixteen states and the Federal Capital Territory are to experience acute food shortage in 2022. This was contained [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 28-Jul-2022
Kwara State Government Commences Anti Rabies Mass Vaccination Campaign
To prevent transmission of rabies through bites from rabid animals such as dog and cat, the Kwara State Government has flagged off the 2022 statewide Anti Rabies Mass Vaccination C [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 28-Jul-2022
Ghana: Rainforest Alliance Empowers Smallholder Farmers to Grow
[Ghanaian Times] After a year of introducing smallholder farmers to the Forest Watcher Mobile App, the Rainforest Alliance counts their achievement of growing and monitoring over 9 [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 28-Jul-2022
Nigeria: How Insecurity Causes Malnutrition for Millions of Nigerian Children
[Premium Times] At least 17 million Nigerian children are undernourished; stunted and/or wasted, giving Nigeria the highest burden of malnutrition in Africa and the second highest [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 28-Jul-2022
Zimbabwe: Horticulture Farmers in Honde Decry Input Costs
[The Herald] Smallholder horticulture farmers in Honde Valley, the Manicaland Province, have bemoaned high costs of inputs, which they say are preventing them from realising their [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 28-Jul-2022
We’ve recorded N27b direct investment in agribusiness – Oyo State
Oyo State Government has disclosed that it has facilitated about N27 billion direct private sector investments in agribusiness within three years of the Governor Seyi Makinde-led a [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 27-Jul-2022
Ondo State Government to Make Farming Attractive, Lucrative
The Ondo State Government has said it will make farming more attractive and lucrative for both old and new farmers in the state. Governor of the state, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, state [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 27-Jul-2022
Nasarawa State Government To Stop Illegal Miners Without Registration.
By Amina Mohammed, Lafia In line with the prosed Federal Government policy on the ban of mining activities in Nigeria, Nasarawa state Government has taken proactive measures to clo [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 27-Jul-2022
Gombe State Police Arrests Suspected Cattle Rustlers
Rebecca Mu’azu, Gombe The Gombe State Police Command has arrested 18 suspected cattle rustlers and intercepted 483 cattle by Kalmar Junction in Billiri Local Government Area of t [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 27-Jul-2022
Agency Activates Stakeholders To Ensure Protection Of Lives, Properties
By Hudu Yakubu Abuja Following the impact-based forecast issued by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NIMET), anticipating heavy rainfall in the Nigerian Federal Capital Territor [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 27-Jul-2022
Gambia: Agric Ministry to Facilitate Supply of 13, 000 Tons of Fertiliser
[The Point] The government of The Gambia through the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has approved OCP Africa's commitment to supply 13,000 tons of fertilisers at a special price to t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 27-Jul-2022