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NIAS develops animal husbandry quality assurance assessors scheme
The Nigeria Institute of Animal science has developed the first Quality Assurance Assessors Scheme in Animal Husbandry in line with the Nigerian Skills Qualification framew [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2022
HOMEF distributes relief materials to flood victims in 6 states
As flood victims across the country continue to count their losses, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has supported some of the victims who were sacked from their homes [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2022
FG launches NAITS to track livestock
AS part of efforts to address the challenges bedeviling the livestock sector, the Federal Government has launched the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NA [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2022
President Buhari calls for collaboration to end open defecation
By Hikmat Bamigboye, Abuja Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has called for private sector collaboration and intervention to eradicate open defecation in the country 2025. He m [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2022
Organization Seeks Collaboration To Tackle Flood Menace In Anambra State
By Chinwe Onuigbo, Awka A team of officers attached to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) paid a courtesy visit to the Awka Capital Territory Development Authority [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2022
Nigeria: Inflation - More Women Engage in Backyard Farming for Food Supply in Jos
[Vanguard] Some women in Jos metropolis, seeking alternatives to high prices of staple food and vegetables, have taken to backyard farming for the daily food needs of their familie [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2022
Nigeria: Farmer-Herder Crisis, Flood Take Toll on Farming in Nasarawa
[Leadership] The unabated farmers-herders skirmishes in Nasarawa State over the years has taken another dimension as herders continue with attacks ranging from maiming, raping and [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2022
Akwa Ibom State Partners Foreign Investors to Boost Agribusiness
The Akwa Ibom State Government has partnered with the British African Business Alliance Limited and PJ-IC International to provide Agric processing plants and affordable medium-den [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Nov-2022
Nigerian Government Launches Tech To Monitor Livestock Nationwide
To identify and track livestock in Nigeria, the Federal Government has launched the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS) for the country. The Minister of [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Nov-2022
Food Insecurity: FCTA records 30% Improvement
By Hudu Yakubu Abuja The Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has restated it determination to sustain the tempo of its support programmes to enhance food secur [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Nov-2022
Senator Empowers 1,000 Farmers In Ebonyi State
By Moses Nwite, Abakaliki In a bid to ensure that people from Ebonyi State Southeast Nigeria are empowered above poverty level, the Senator Representing Ebonyi North Senatorial Zon [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Nov-2022
Osun State Governor flags off Food Support Scheme
The Government of Osun State has reiterated commitment to sustaining its social intervention programmes aimed to raising the standard of living of the people, stimulate the economy [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Nov-2022
Hibiscus Export: Nigeria Signs Bilateral Trade With Mexico
The Federal Government has disclosed that it is expected that Nigeria earns over $3 billion annually as soon as it resumes its hibiscus export partnership deal with Mexico from Jan [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Nov-2022
Africa: Kagame Makes Africa's Case At G20 Summit
[New Times] President Paul Kagame has told the G20 Summit that Africa is representing its interests to address specific challenges that its people face, mostly due to external fact [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Nov-2022
Kenya: Government Distributes 8,400 Bags of Livestock Feed
[Capital FM] The government on Wednesday dispatched 8,400 50kg bags of livestock feed to the seven sub counties of Turkana County to support livestock affected by the current droug [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Nov-2022
Enugu State Pledges To Sustain IFAD/VCDP Agricultural Programmes
The Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has pledged to support and sustain the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Value Chain Development Program (VCDP) and [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Nov-2022
Zimbabwe: Record Wheat Harvest Still Possible Despite Rains
[The Herald] Zimbabwe is still on course to register a record wheat harvest and win self-sufficiency for this grain at long last, despite about one percent of the total crop having [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Nov-2022
Nestlé Partners Africa Food Prize On Food Security, Climate Change
Nestlé Plc has announced that it is partnering with the Africa Food Prize to accelerate food systems in Africa, as a way of developing the continent’s food security and building [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Nov-2022
Kaduna State APPEALS to establish 15 cottage processing centres
In its bid to reduce post-harvest losses among low-income farmers, the Kaduna State Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) project a [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Nov-2022
Africa: Global Food Imports On Track to Reach All-Time High - FAO
[UN News] Food import costs globally are projected to reach nearly $2 trillion this year, or higher than previously expected, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Nov-2022
Africa: Adapt or Starve - COP27 Spotlights Agriculture Challenges and Solutions in the Face of Climate Change
[UN News] Small-scale farmers from developing countries produce one-third of the world's food, yet they only receive 1.7 per cent of climate finance even as they are forced to cope [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Nov-2022
Africa: Costs of Farm Inputs Still a Headache for Africa
[The Exchange] Food experts call for efforts to reduce costs of farm inputs [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Nov-2022
Date Harvest Estimated At 250.000 Tonnes in Kebili
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The date harvest season has been underway since the end of October 2022 in the governorate of Kebili with a 25% progress rate, Head of the L [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Tunisia
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Nov-2022
Kenya: Tea Prices Dip Slightly As Demand Shrinks
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Tea prices dipped slightly at last week's Mombasa auction amid irregular demand for the commodity. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Nov-2022
Rwanda: Fishmongers Hopeful as Lake Karago Gets New Fish Seeds
[New Times] Fish mongers in Nyabihu District are optimistic following the introduction of 3,000 new fish seeds (fish eggs) of the carp species in Lake Karago. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Nov-2022