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South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - July 20, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- [...]
Country: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jul-2022
AATF partners Senegal to improve agricultural productivity
Tribune Online AATF partners Senegal to improve agricultural productivity AFRICAN Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) and the Government of Senegal, through the Institut [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
NEPC charges cocoa exporters to leverage potentials in international market
Tribune Online NEPC charges cocoa exporters to leverage potentials in international market THE Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has urged exporters of cocoa to take adv [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
‘Distribution of cocoa GAP handbook pathway to achieving 100% premium production’
Tribune Online ‘Distribution of cocoa GAP handbook pathway to achieving 100% premium production’ NATIONAL President of Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN), Comrade [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
FG distributes inputs to smallholder farmers, physically challenged
Tribune Online FG distributes inputs to smallholder farmers, physically challenged THE Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development, Dr Ernest Um [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Stakeholders ponder on developing transformative strategies for food systems
Tribune Online Stakeholders ponder on developing transformative strategies for food systems STAKEHOLDERS in the agricultural sector in the South West geopolitical zone gathered [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
CBN moves to increase wheat production locally
Tribune Online CBN moves to increase wheat production locally IN a bid to address the rising cost of wheat-based food items, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has reiterated i [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Nigerian Government Set To Develop A Framework On Agrochemical
The Nigerian Government has disclosed that it is working towards developing a framework to tidy up the agrochemical and pesticide business in Nigeria. It noted that some banned pr [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Foundation Trains 70 Agro-Service Providers In Niger Delta
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) said it has trained 70 agro-service providers across the nine Niger Delta States to improve service delivery to [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Akwa Ibom Government Urges Youths To Develop Passion for Agriculture
The Akwa Ibom State Government has urged Nigerian youths to shun undue political activism and involvement in crimes to develop passion for agriculture for the benefit of the countr [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Rwanda: Rwanda Set to Roll Out 'Flood Sensors' to Mitigate Disasters
[New Times] Rwanda is set to roll out flood sensors countrywide to strengthen the early warning system. [...]
Environment, Health & Safety Water/SanitationCountry: Rwanda
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Ghana: Suame Residents Demo Over Bad Roads
[Ghanaian Times] Kumasi -- Some aggrieved residents of Suame Magazine in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region, took to the streets in protest against government's failure t [...]
Infrastructure and ConstructionCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Africa: Healthy Public Food Procurement and Service Policies
[WHO] The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 report reveals the heavy global burden of hunger and malnutrition in all its forms. The lingering effects of the CO [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Africa: Putin Approval Needed for UN Deal to Release 20 Million Tons of Blockaded Ukrainian Grain
[Daily Maverick] The agreement hinges on Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval, which the UN hopes will happen on Tuesday. This could have a major impact on the global food c [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Africa: Russia's 'Weaponisation' of Food Threatens Livelihood of Millions in Vulnerable Countries
[Daily Maverick] Russia's war against Ukraine has become not only a clear and present danger to international law but also a threat to global food security. [...]
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
South Africa: South Africans Fear Rising Crime As Food Costs Spike
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Johannesburg -- The inflation diaries: As price rises outstrip salaries, residents worry about sending money to families back home, and avoiding rising [...]
Food & BeverageCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Africa: African Union Urges Farmers to Boost Food Production
[DW] Food security dominated the agenda at the 41st Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union in Zambia's capital Lusaka. [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Nigeria: AfDB Approves $134 Million Loan to Nigeria for Local Food Production
[Premium Times] The programme will support fast-tracking of the implementation of key policy and institutional reforms and boost private sector participation in agriculture. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Ghana: Release Funds to Buffer Stock to Address Food Shortage in SHSs - NMC Chair
[Ghanaian Times] The Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), Mr Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoah has appealed to the Ministry of Education (MoE) to release funds to buffer stock compa [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Ghana: Act to Avert Food Crisis Any Time
[Ghanaian Times] Food is an important physiological need, so any talk of looming food shortage must be taken seriously and the needful done to avert it. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Ghana: Genetically Modified Cowpea Clears Its First Hurdle, but There's a Long Way to Go
[The Conversation Africa] Genetically modified (GM) cowpea has cleared the first of the three regulatory hurdles in the way of commercialisation in Ghana. If it is commercialised, [...]
Crop ProductionCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Rwanda: Rwandan University Graduates on a Mission to Make Wine From Coffee
[New Times] When Jean Aberd Bavakure, Pierre Claver Nsanzumuhire and Chris Munyankindi graduated from the University of Rwanda's College of Agriculture, Animal Science and Veterina [...]
AgricultureCountry: Rwanda
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Africa: China Not Doing Enough to Avert African Food Crisis - U.S.
[VOA] The U.S. aid chief is urging nations to do more to avert a food crisis in East Africa and singled out China for not doing enough. [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Benue State Flags Off 2022 Cropping Season
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has flagged off the 2022 cropping season with the distribution of improved seeds to rural farmers in the 23 local government areas of the state [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Jul-2022
UN Distributes Food Aid In Northeast Nigeria
The United Nations has disclosed distribution of food and nutrition assistance to no fewer than 26,000 people in Rann town, Northeast Nigeria. The development was revealed by the [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Jul-2022