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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Kenya: What Lifting GMO Ban Means for Kenya
[SciDev.Net] Nairobi -- Kenya's decision to lift a ban on importing and producing genetically modified (GM) food could boost research and development in biotechnology and alleviate [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Oct-2022
Tanzania: How Nfra Guarantees Food Security
[Daily News] Dodoma -- THE National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) has outlined various measures it is instituting to guarantee food security in the country, including increasing its s [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Oct-2022
Nigeria: NAFDAC Targets Attainment of Who Maturity Level Four Certification
[This Day] The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said it would work to attain the World Health Organisation (WHO) Maturity Level Four certi [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Oct-2022
Liberia: Police in Bong Sell Rice for Lrd2,300
[New Dawn] Bong county -- Police in Gbarnga, Bong County have arrested several 25kg bags of rice and put them on sale for 2,300 Liberian Dollars or an equivalent of US$13.50 per ba [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Oct-2022
Nigeria: Floods Devastate Farmlands, Raise Fear of Food Insecurity in Nigeria
[Premium Times] "The disaster has wiped away everything," Mr Ali said. "I was hoping to harvest over 200 sacks of rice looking at the prospect of the field ..." [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Oct-2022
Senator Tasks Nigerian Government To Provide Veterinary Centres
The Deputy Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Aliyu Abdullahi, has urged the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to establish a Federal Veterinary Medical Centre in each geo [...]
Agriculture LivestockCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 24-Oct-2022
First Aquagrico Farms Ltd to build Nigeria’s largest Farmers’ Market
First Aquagrico Farms Nigeria Ltd, a family-owned agribusiness development company based in Akure, Ondo State, South-west Nigeria, has disclosed that the firm is planning to build [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2022
Benefit Or Burden? A Farming Program's Mixed Results
[Global Press Journal] Harare, Zimbabwe -- Doubts about its effectiveness and allegations of corruption tarnish a contract farming program intended to reduce Zimbabwe's reliance on [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2022
The DA's Plan to Cut Food Costs
[DA] South Africa is in the throes of a hunger crisis. Four out of five households are skipping at least one daily meal while two out of five households say they can't feed their f [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2022
Africa: Sustainable Future - Equipping Young Researchers, Innovators to Work for Climate
[Africa Renewal] Green alternatives can transform Africa's agri-food systems and generate significant benefits [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2022
State to Import 6-Million Fertilizer Bags Ahead of Long Rainy Seasons
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya plans to import an additional 6-million bags of fertilizer ahead of the long rainy season of March 2023. [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2022
Africa: Food Is Scarce These Days, and the Refugees Keep Coming
[Global Press Journal] Isingiro, Uganda -- At Africa's oldest refugee settlement, cuts to monthly stipends lead to hunger -- and conflicts with Ugandan farmers. [...]
Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2022
USAID Wary of Food Politicisation Ahead of Crunch 2023 Election Campaigns
[New Zimbabwe] USAID says it has put modalities in place to guard against food monopoly by political parties in rural areas ahead of the 2023 general elections. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2022
USAID Injects U.S.$36.7 Million Assistance to Eight Food Insecure Zim Districts.
[New Zimbabwe] THE United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has availed US$36.7 million through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to eight food insecu [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2022
Africa: Africa Could Feed Itself - Building Resilient Food Systems
[New Agenda] Africa has the natural resources and the policies required to tackle poverty and hunger - but these policies are not effectively implemented. Noting the impact of Russ [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2022
Association Attributes Egg Scarcity In Nigeria To Low Productivity
The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has attributed the current scarcity of eggs and rising costs of poultry produce to reduced productivity of the sector. The Chairman of PAN [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Kenya: Murkomen Pledges to Boost Technical Infrastructure at Border Points to Reduce Congestion
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The nominee for Transport and Public Works Kipchumba Murkomen has pledged to boost the technological infrastructure along the border points to ease the cong [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Nigerian Government Empowers Ondo State Farmers with Solar Facilities
The Rural Electrification Agency of the Federal Ministry of Power has presented solar-powered irrigation water pumping equipment to over 200 farmers across Ondo State in a bid to b [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Association Attribute Eggs Scarcity To Low Productivity Output
The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has attributed the current scarcity of eggs and rising costs of poultry produce to reduced productivity of the sector. The Chairman of PAN [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Somalia: Famine Should Not Exist in 2022, Yet Somalia Faces Its Worst Yet. Wealthy Countries, Pay Your Dues
[The Conversation Africa] More than a quarter of a million people died of hunger in Somalia in 2011 - half of them children younger than five. The situation in Somalia in the comin [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Kenya: Health CS Nominee Nakhumicha Wants Pharmacy, Poisons Board Empowered to Regulate GMOs
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Health Cabinet Secretary nominee Susan Nakhumicha has opined that given the lift on the Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) ban the government should empowe [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Liberia: Pig Feet & Chicken Feet Diet in Liberia Traced to Formerly Enslaved People
[New Dawn] As Afterlives Of Slavery International Conference Continues [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Ghana: 600 Farmers At Nsuta to Benefit From Maize Processing Facility
[Ghanaian Times] Nsuta -- More than 600 farmers are to benefit from a newly established maize processing facility at Nsuta in the Sekyere Central District. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Tanzania: Deadline Looms for Livestock Identification
[Daily News] THE government through the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries has set October 31 this year as deadline for livestock identification using electronic ear tags. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Nigeria: Food Insecurity Is a Major Problem in Nigeria
[Daily Trust] The Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated that Nigeria's food security situation has worsened in the last 15 years. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022